So far, the company, which employs some 40 people, has produced about 500 hand-made bamboo frames, but this year alone it expects to crank out another 450.

CNN: Made in Africa: Bamboo bikes put Zambian business on right track

The dangers that journalists and cameramen faced covering these two weeks alone are vividly described by Mark Devenport in his memoir, Flash Frames.

BBC: Northern Ireland