Africa Could Cash In Big Time on Marijuana Industry

  • Uganda:  New Report Adds Twist to Marijuana Debate

    Monitor, 24 May 2019

    As Uganda prepares to ship its first medical marijuana products to Canada and Germany next month, a new report on the nascent cannabis industry in Africa finds that the continent… Read more »

  • Uganda:  Uganda Pays U.S.$159,000 for Marijuana Seeds, Soils

    Citizen, 17 May 2019

    As Cabinet debates the health and financial merits of marijuana, it has emerged that Uganda has been importing tonnes of fertilised weed seeds and potting soils, worth billions of… Read more »

  • Namibia:  Katti Acquires Cannabis Licence in Lesotho

    New Era, 15 May 2019

    The Lesotho government has granted Namibian businessman Knowledge Katti and his Mosotho partner Thabo Ntai a licence to cultivate, manufacture and supply cannabis, in line with the… Read more »

  • Kenya:  Police Intercept Fuel Tanker Stashed With Sh8 Million Ethiopian Marijuana Heading to Nairobi

    Nairobi News, 10 May 2019

    Police in Kasarani on Thursday night intercepted a fuel tanker that was ferrying bhang worth Sh8 million from Ethiopia. Read more »

  • South Africa:   Dabbling in Weed Could Be Good for Democracy

    Daily Maverick, 10 April 2019

    It appears that cannabis’s moment has arrived. Lobbyists agree that the time has come for it to come out of the shadows and start flourishing, not just as a crop, but as an… Read more »

  • Kenya:   The Rise of Luxury Cannabis Skin Care

    Capital FM, 24 April 2019

    Not too long ago the idea of indulging in the recreational use of cannabis was seen as a taboo characteristic flaw. Legalization in 46 American states, South Africa, Netherlands,… Read more »

  • Namibia:   Marijuana Is Our Birth Right – Cannabis Activists

    Namibian, 23 April 2019

    MORE than 40 cannabis users took to the streets in Windhoek on Good Friday to demand the legalisation of cannabis in Namibia, saying it was their birth right. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   University to Get Marijuana Licence

    The Herald, 16 April 2019

    Midlands State University (MSU) has applied for a licence to grow mbanje for medicinal purposes following Government’s legalisation of marijuana farming last year. Read more »

  • Author: CSN