A group of investors paid a visit to Ethiopia and Kenya to explore the investment potential of the countries in the bamboo sector.  INBAR has recently hosted a group of 12 investors from Africa, Asia and the Middle East with a bid to create opportunities for bamboo business development; explore investment prospects; business and market […]

The new Kenyan National Bamboo Policy is set to spark new measures to develop the bamboo sector in the country. The Kenyan Government has approved the National Bamboo Policy of 2022 which allows Kenyans to grow and harvest bamboo for both environmental conservation and value-addition. On 27 May 2022 former President Uhuru Kenyatta launched an […]

INBAR celebrates World Bamboo Day, 2022, with colorful events in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.  INBAR’s East Africa Regional Office (EARO) has recently celebrated this year’s World Bamboo Day with colorful events held in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. The events brought together bamboo stakeholders — artisans, farmers, academics, government officials and NGOs — to observe the […]

In a recent East Africa bamboo study tour, delegates of INBAR African Member States discovered the potential and growth of Ethiopia’s bamboo sector. East Africa is known for its abundant bamboo resources. Ethiopia, in particular, is regarded as the country with the most advanced bamboo sector in the region, considering the current level of investment […]

INBAR conducted a multi-stakeholders bamboo product policy workshop in Kenya aimed at identifying and discussing bamboo products that have the potential for future policy development.  INBAR recently conducted a multi-stakeholders bamboo product policy workshop in Kenya. The workshop aimed to bring stakeholders together in the bamboo sector, including government agencies, to identify and discuss the […]

INBAR imparts nursery operators with bamboo propagation skills and knowledge in Kenya. INBAR conducted bamboo propagation and management technology training on 10 June 2022 at the Penon in Elgeyo-Markwet, Kenya. The training aims to impart nursery operators with bamboo propagation skills and knowledge to improve their livelihoods by raising the quality and quantity of bamboo […]

 INBAR conducted training on bamboo furniture and handicrafts at the Kenya Model Bamboo Training and Production Center in Busia County. INBAR, through its Dutch-Sino-East Africa Bamboo Development Programme, in collaboration with Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) and the bamboo enterprise Eco Green Bamboo conducted training on bamboo furniture and handicrafts at the Kenya Model Bamboo […]

INBAR conducted training on bamboo allometric soils and hydrology at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute. In May 2022, INBAR-led Dutch-Sino East Africa Development Programme Phase II conducted training on bamboo allometric soils and hydrology at Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) in Kilifi County, Kenya. The training was aimed at equipping researchers with knowledge and skills […]

INBAR bamboo development programme in East Africa has recently held its third steering committee meeting. The Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme Phase II has recently held its third Steering Committee meeting in Kampala, Uganda. Present at the meeting were government focal persons from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, donor representatives from China and the Netherlands, […]

Kenyan bamboo community celebrated the International Women’s Day of 2022, with a theme titled the role of women in the bamboo sector: a call for climate action for women by women. In March every year, the world celebrates international women’s day, highlighting issues that have affected women in different ways. One of them is the […]

Ethiopia and Kenya recently held multi-stakeholder workshops to bring together and engage stakeholders in planning, implementation, evaluation and adaptive management of the bamboo sector development in both countries. Actors of the private sector – bamboo growers, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, other enterprises – and relevant government agencies are the vanguards of bamboo sector development in Kenya […]

Delegates discovered the bamboo sector development of Kenya in a recent study tour held in the country. From 28 November to 2 December 2021, in collaboration with the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), INBAR organised in Kenya the in-country bamboo study tour. The tour gathered about 35 delegates from Belgium, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, […]