Ghana’s emerging billion dollar bamboo industry

Ghana can generate a billion dollar revenue annually from the export of value added bamboo and rattan products, according to projections.

The economic value of the product is not yet significant but this could be leveraged if the industry is properly developed.

In this special report, Kofi Adu Domfeh, examines how bamboo development can help Ghana address problems of climate change, poverty, rural-urban migration and high youth unemployment.