YANGON -- Housing Now, a builder of prefabricated, affordable bamboo houses in Myanmar, has been named winner of the fourth Nikkei Asia Award for its social and economic contributions to the Southeast Asian country.
Nikkei Asia Award
Myanmar bamboo house builder wins Nikkei Asia Award
Housing Now offers low-cost homes, hiring refugees and helping local villages
Howsing Now co-founders Raphael Ascoli, right, and Kyaw Zin Latt met in the chaotic aftermath of Myanmar's takeover by the military in 2021. (Photo by Sadachika Watanabe)
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