By Michael Kachitsa
Bernice Dapaah is a young, award-winning entrepreneur known globally to be the founder and CEO of Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative. She is now an Alumni of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders and Harvard Executive Business Education. She has championed the development of the bamboo industry in Ghana and made notable contributions to eco-cycling to build sustainable cities. She has been crowned as one of the Most influential People of African Descent (MIPAD).
Bernice Dapaah is a serial award-winning entrepreneur and a passionate advocate of smart mobility systems. Recognized internationally as a climate trailblazer, she has spent several years in Ghana and across the globe advocating for a regional shift toward eco-mobility and integrated transport in keeping with the ethos of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) and Christiana Figueres (L), Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change present bamboo bicycles, made by Evelyn Ohenewaa Gyasi (C) in Ghana as part of efforts to tackle climate change during a session of United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 19 on November 20, 2013 in Warsaw. AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
