The female entrepreneur Bernice Dapaah launched the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative to built sustainable and recyclable bikes which are made of bamboo. Furthermore, the initiative creates local jobs and offers a low-carbon transport alternative in Ghana. More than half of her workers are female, and with every bike sold, a schoolchild receives one to be able to attain school.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), vehicles are the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. In 2010, the global transportation industry contributed to climate change by emitting long-lived carbon dioxide and short-lived black carbon from diesel vehicles, accounting for 14% of the global GHG budget. Especially, in urban areas traffic congestion is a major phenomenon in most Ghanaian cities, mostly in market centers resulting in massive delays and an overall decrease in productivity.

Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative developed a bamboo bike because of the advantages of bamboo which is a more durable and sustainable compared to steel. Additionally, bamboo is a cheaper material than steel and it takes less electricity to produce and to process. The advantages of these bikes are a less carbon intensive material processing and on the road the bikes produces no noise and air pollution.

For every bike sold, one is donated to rural schools where children are facing poor infrastructure which stops them to going to school. Furthermore, for every bamboo plant that is cut down for producing a bike, Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative plants 10 more trees.