Ghana’s Exorbitant Cannabis License Fees To Be Challenged in Court Despite Minor Concessions
A Ghanaian farmer Mariam Alhassan is challenging the constitutionality of the country’s new cannabis licensing regime in court. This comes despite concessions made by Parliament this month to reduce some of the fees, which still remain among the highest in the world.
Porous Borders No Problem as eSwatini Pumps Out Illicit Cannabis to Service Lucrative SA Market
Multiple law enforcement agencies in eSwatini and South Africa are stepping up their efforts to try and curb cross-border cannabis smuggling. This has been steadily increasing with eSwatini cannabis dealers attracted by the prices they can get supplying the rapidly expanding illicit SA retail ‘Grey Zone’.
Morocco Has Put Landrace at the Centre of its Cannabis Development Strategy, Everything Else Follows
Morocco hasn’t distinguished between medical cannabis and industrial hemp in developing its cannabis industry. French academic Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy says that by putting the indigenous kif landrace at the centre of monetizing the plant, Morocco is being focused, yet flexible by keeping its end-use options open.
Global Cannabis Market: SA Barely a Blip on the Radar as World Production Declines
South Africa’s struggle to crack the export cannabis market is reflected in the Commission on Narcotic Drugs 2026 report which pegs this country as one of the lowest contributors to global imports, accounting for, along with four other countries, less than 2% of the market.
Hemp Sector: 10 Reasons to Cheer as the DoA Turns into the ‘Dept of Action’
With the DTIC now cracking the whip on the National Cannabis Master Plan and cannabis being formally recognized as an agricultural crop, the Agriculture Department has sprung into action with 10 significant achievements that have given the hemp sector forward momentum,