About SACOBAR

The First Sahelian Africa Congress on Bamboo and Rattan - SACOBAR for short – which is an annual flagship outreach Programme of the Sahelian Institute for Bamboo Research and Entrepreneurship Development (SIBRED) at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Southeast Nigeria, brings stakeholders from around the world together to meet, discuss, network, collaborate, and exchange...

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About SIBRED

One milestone of the Project-200 policy thrust of this university’s administration of Professor Charles Okechukwu Esimone, FAS - the 6th Substantive Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka in Nigeria – is the establishment of the Sahelian Institute for Bamboo Research and Entrepreneurship Development (SIBRED) as the First University–based Bamboo and Rattan Research Directorate outside the Continent of Asia.

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