African Cannabis Investors Looking for Measurable Returns Not Blue Sky Potential
Investors in African cannabis are measuring performance by verified turnover and export success rather than in cultivation licenses issued or potential processing capacity.
Rwanda’s Export-Only Cannabis Policy is Structured to Suit Big Pharma, But it’s Not Going Quite as Planned
Rwanda aims to be East Africa’s ‘Big Pharma’ cannabis hub, but its strategy locks out locals and benefits elites.
Morocco’s Bold Cannabis Reforms Open Up Major Policy Gap: What About Social Justice?
Despite the promising shift in Morocco’s cannabis policy, significant gaps remain. The law does not address the needs of local consumers, nor does it provide for reintegration of individuals with past cannabis-related convictions.
Shapeshift Alert! Africa Beginning to Look at Integrating Medical Benefits of Cannabis into Public Health Systems
Africa has all been left behind by the medical cannabis revolution sweeping the world. However, there are signs that this could be changing as a new generation of policy makers led by Zambia’s Dr Prosper Sievu, are questioning why Africa is not harnessing the benefits of cannabis for its own people.
African Cultural Heritage Trust Project to Reintroduce Landrace Genetics to the Communities that Lost Them
In the face of growing threats to South Africa’s landrace varieties, the African Cultural Heritage Trust has initiated a bold programme to reintroduce indigenous cannabis genetics back into the communities they came from. Working with Druids Garden, the Trust has original genetic material dating back to the late 1940’s.
South Africa’s Overlooked Heritage: The Rich Medicinal Value of Our Indigenous Landraces
South Africa’s cannabis landraces hold significant medicinal properties that are only just being discovered. In fact, researchers are still determining how many indigenous landraces there are, with the African Cultural Heritage Trust having identified up to 40 different strains across all nine provinces.
Jeremy Acton: ‘Mass Lawfare’ Best Route to Persuade Namibian Govt to Legalize Cannabis
Namibian cannabis activists are most likely to achieve their drive for legalization through the courts rather than trying to persuade government policy-makers. That’s the advice from SA Dagga Party founder and long-standing cannabis activist, Jeremy Acton to his counterparts across the Kalahari border.
The Struggle Beyond Legalization: Cannabis Reform and Economic Justice
Legalization and economic justice is becoming the major issue in cannabis reform across Africa. This was highlighted at Ghana’s Critical Cannabis Moment workshop held recently in Accra, at which FGFA was invited to participate. Here’s CEO Myrtle Clarke’s feedback.
Morocco Struggling to Deal with Its Own ‘Mpondoland’ As Rif Valley Cannabis Farmer Dissatisfaction Grows
Morocco’s ‘Mpondoland’ is the Rif Valley in the north where cannabis has been grown for centuries. Although the Kingdom has put Rif farmers at the centre of its cannabis reforms, only a select few have been granted cultivation licenses and the majority of farmers remain criminalized and locked outside the system.
Angolan Investors Invited to Seek Out Opportunities in Botswana’s New Industrial and Medical Cannabis Sector
Batswana Cabinet Minister, Tiroyaone Ntsima says Angola’s business community should consider investing in Botswana’s new industrial and medicinal cannabis sector. Even though cannabis is illegal in Angola, Ntsima said Angolan investment in Botswana cannabis would enjoy the same protection rights as in any other market.