Winnifred Selby is a 21 years old entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of Ghana Bamboo Bikes, and also the president of EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative. From a humble background, she started pretty trading at an early age to supplement her school fees. At age 16, she co-founded Ghana Bamboo Bikes, an initiative NGO that provides jobs and skills training for youth in rural Ghana through the manufacturing of bamboo bikes. At age 17, she established Afrocentric Bamboo Initiative, to manufacture and market the bamboo bike model.
Ghana Bamboo Bikes (GBB) in an effort to address unemployment and environment degradation, make use of local resources- bamboo, which is environmentally friendly and economical. Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative presently has 35 employees, of which a majority are women with an average family of 5, and produces about 60 to 100 bicycles a month. The business turned over almost $320,000 in 2013.
Ghana Bamboo Bikes have gained international attention including, Forbes, Elle, ChicAfrica.
Winnifred has hosted a TED talk with TEDx Accra. She has also won quite a lot of awards; the UN/Habitat Dubai International Award, Global Shaper with WEF, 2016 New African Woman in Science , Technology & Innovation Award, 2015 World of Children Honoree, and the Cartier Womens’ Initiative Award, among many others.