The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta

The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Inside West Africa’s largest wood market (Part 7)

In this exclusive seven-part series, we are exploring the world of the Wood Merchants of Ebute Metta; the enterprise, the people, the engineering and the health and environmental impacts of West Africa's…

8 years ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: The good, the bad and the unhealthy (Part 6)

In this part of our series on The Wood Merchants, we look at the environmental and economic impacts of the wood business. This episode looks at the untapped opportunities and how some…

8 years ago

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The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: The business of wood (Part 5)

Do you really understand why a piece of furniture costs what it costs? In this episode of the Wood Merchant series, we follow the money and break down the costs of what…

8 years ago

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The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Logs to lumber (Part 4)

In this episode, we follow the journey of the logs down to the wood market where they are chopped into lumber, before being turned into different furniture.…

8 years ago

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The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Ingenuity meets technology (Part 3)

Every aspect of the wood business is crude and the players are proud to let you know. In this episode of our seven part series, you will get a first hand look…

8 years ago

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The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Our life, Our story (Part 2)

Behind West Africa's largest Wood market are men and women who have invested heavily in the business. In this part of our Wood Merchant series, we look at the life and stories…

8 years ago

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The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Forest to furniture (Part 1)

Everyone knows what a furniture looks like but how many people know the origin of the wood used in making them? In our seven-part series exploring Oko Baba Wood Market, we get…

8 years ago

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The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta

The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Inside West Africa’s largest wood market (Part 7)

The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: The good, the bad and the unhealthy (Part 6)

The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: The business of wood (Part 5)

The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Logs to lumber (Part 4)

The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Ingenuity meets technology (Part 3)

The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Our life, Our story (Part 2)

The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Forest to furniture (Part 1)

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