CNN – Ethiopian bamboo: The new green gold of Africa?
(CNN) Money really could grow on trees for a new industry in Ethiopia. CNN Website – Video Link 3:38 Two-thirds of the bamboo in Africa is situated in the upwardly-mobile state, and it is hoped that “green gold” can power growth. “The farmer who has bamboo is rich, but he doesn’t know it,” says Adane Berhe, CEO Adal Industrial PLC, which is helping to build the new industry. Berhe has travelled to China, the global hub of the bamboo trade, to…