Bamboo: Africa's untapped potential

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© Konstantin Sutyagin – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>It is a "wonder plant" that is uniquely blessed. Agronomists in Africa believe it can restore degraded landscapes while economists think it is a potential "green gold", and a silver bullet for design and architecture that is already attracting a global market.