Afribam

AfriBam is a Limited company, registered in Malawi. Together with our sister company Hortus Capensis, we are strategically positioned to identify, promote and supply the best quality bamboo species in Africa, to suit customer's needs and match their local climate conditions. Founded and chaired by Jan Oprins of Oprins Plant in Belgium, Adrian Sutton of Hortus Capensis in South Africa and Grant Blumrick who is its Managing Director. Grant has eleven years experience in the Malawi timber and silviculture Industry. Grant who is also the Managing Director of Forest & Garden Services is the local agent for Husqvana, Wood-mizer, Bobcat and K'A'RCHER. Afribam is supported by Mark Oprins as a technical consultant and Marc Peeters from our sister company BNV Labs in Indonesia, supplying superior bamboo tissue culture plantlets. AfriBam is able to provide bamboo turn key plantation establishment and support. While AfriBam is a new entity its members have been pioneers involved in the promotion and establishment of commercial bamboo plantations in Africa for the past 17 years. Given the regions diminishing natural timber resources and its growing population, we firmly believe that bamboo is a key component to finding sustainable solutions to many of the challenges Africa faces, ranging from simple but essential fuel and energy needs, to employment in the production of high end, value added products for exported to developed international markets.