Watch | Innovative bamboo bikes are a booming success in Ghana

Bamboo is being used by an innovative Ghana bicycle maker to produce unique natural bike frames. The Booomers project is also promoting a social scheme training local youths in the nearby township. The fast-growing wood has been used for centuries, prized for its strength and flexibility. Booomers has the ambition of making bamboo a major global resource and to become the world's leader in the bamboo manufacturing industry.