In April, INBAR’s Central Africa Regional Office and the government of the Republic of Cameroon hosted a three-day conference on a critical topic: assessing bamboo and rattan’s importance for sustainable economic growth in Africa. There are an estimated six million hectares of bamboo in Africa, and more than 20 species of rattan. These non-timber forest […]

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, […]

INBAR has conducted an awareness workshop for Ugandan bankers and financial institutions in a bid to address sectoral financial limitations for the bamboo sector development. INBAR has recently held an awareness workshop to sensitise Ugandan financial institutions about the investment potential of the bamboo sector and initiate discussion on likely business collaboration among investors, entrepreneurs, […]

 INBAR has recently conducted a number of capacity building training on bamboo plantation and processing, and bamboo business development for bamboo business owners and farmers in Ethiopia and Uganda. INBAR, with its Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme, has recently been conducting capacity building training to support bamboo value chains in Ethiopia and Uganda. The […]

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, […]

INBAR is providing supporting bamboo SMEs and entrepreneurs in Ethiopia and Uganda through capacity building in Business Development Services. Recently, INBAR through its Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme Phase II conducted a capacity building training on Business Development Services (BDS) to bamboo small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs working on the bamboo cottage […]

The last training session in Uganda is promoting home-based bamboo charcoal production to create new livelihood opportunities.   INBAR innovative household charcoal production aims to turn ‘bamboo firewood’ cooking into a new livelihood opportunity and a sustainable value chain for the economic empowerment of poor rural women in Uganda. Throughout its NGO, Community, and Professional Partnership […]

INBAR conducted in Uganda a capacity-building initiative to enhance the technical skills in bamboo treatment and furniture making. INBAR has conducted a capacity-building initiative on bamboo treatment and craft and furniture making to enhance the bamboo economic activities of Ugandan farmers and furniture and crafts makers. In the training participated 30 local carpenters who reside […]

INBAR’s project has been supporting three East African countries on improved bamboo economic activities through different capacity building initiatives  INBAR has been conducting several bamboo capacity building training in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, the three focus countries of the Dutch-Sino-East Africa Bamboo Development Programme: Phase II. In Ethiopia, a bamboo weaving and basket production training […]

INBAR project staff co-organised a three-day ‘Training of trainers’ session in Ethiopia as part of the Dutch-Sino-East Africa Bamboo Development Programme. 27 November 2020 – Between 18 to 21 November, INBAR and the Ethiopia Environment  Forest Climate Change Commission (EEFCCC) organised a training session with 53 participants in Addis Ababa. Trainees, who were all from EEFCCC […]

COVID-19 has made bamboo sector development a more pressing concern in a number of INBAR’s project countries. Of the many communities impacted by COVID-19, people living in rural areas have been hit particularly hard. In parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda – all countries which are part of INBAR’s ongoing Dutch-Sino-East Africa Bamboo Development Programme […]

26 August 2019:- As part of the Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme, a study tour to Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya promises to open up new avenues for investment in the East African Africa bamboo industry.  Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda – the three beneficiary countries of INBAR’s Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme – are blessed […]