boogaali bikes, noordin kasoma, sustainability, uganda

Ugandan Ingenuity: Making Bicycles From Bamboo

Noordin Kasoma owns a workshop in the Ugandan capital of Kampala called Boogaali where he manufactures bicycles. But what makes Kasoma’s bicycles different from the rest is that he uses bamboo as the material for the frame Bamboo bikes “Bamboo is flexible; due to that flexibility, it gives that kind of shock-absorbing property when you’re ...

Raven Montmorency

Riding a bamboo bike.