AB - Advanced Biomaterials

Our Milestones

We are a Dutch tech company with a mission to drive the transition from polluting and expensive to bio-based and cost-efficient material production.

2012 – 2014

Research & Development
Characterisation of fastest growing natural fibre
Process re-engineering for the first built environment use case
Resource scoping, development, community engagement

2015 – 2019

Research & Innovation
Pilot scale, applied R & I facility
Piloted multi-use case
Product certification
ESG Certification, FSC Certification
Resource establishment

2020 –

Industry 4.0
Process analytics
Automation
Machine learning

A multi-awarded technology

GIZ

African Bamboo PLC is a forestry, wood and bio-energy company established in the Netherlands and Ethiopia in January 2012. African Bamboo PLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortune Enterprise PLC, a privately owned company engaged in wood and metal furniture manufacturing in Addis Ababa since 1961… more

USAID

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Associate Administrator Mark Feierstein announced the award of two grants to a start-up
Ethiopian enterprise, African Bamboo, after touring the company’s testing facility… more

AfDB

The African Development Bank (AfDB) today signed a grant agreement with African Bamboo PLC, an Ethiopian agri-business enterprise working on the Development of an Integrated Supply Chain for Bamboo Based products… more

INBAR

The 2020 INBAR international photo competition received more than 100 entries from around the world, on a number of themes: ‘Bamboo in nature’, ‘Livelihoods, lifestyles and people’, and ‘Made with bamboo’… more


EU Commission

On 22 July, the European Commission granted 562 Green Deal Seals of Excellence to highly innovative SMEs and start-ups successfully evaluated under the EIC Accelerator May call. All 562 proposals receiving the Green Deal Seals have undergone the same highly competitive selection under the EIC Green call… more