‘Develop the Local Market as an Insurance Policy Against Declining International Prices’
The global cannabis industry is highly competitive and rapidly becoming over-subscribed, meaning the best guardrail against weak exports is to strengthen domestic markets. This was one of the the key takeaways from the Cheeba Summit, which ran alongside the Cannabis Expo at the Sandton Convention Centre this past weekend.
Cannabis Pioneer Invegrow Snatches the Limelight at Malawi’s International Trade Fair
Pioneering Malawi cannabis company Invegrow has won the Best SME Exhibitor Award at Malawi’s premier agricultural show currently underway in Blantyre. The award comes through Standard Bank’s involvement in the Malawi International Trade Fair by sponsoring a new ‘business forum’.
GUN’s Showdown with the State on Cannabis Prohibition Up Before the Windhoek High Court
Namibian advocacy group GUN is using South Africa’s historic 2018 Concourt cannabis legalization ruling, as a key argument in their application to overturn existing drug laws. The Windhoek High Court considers the matter tomorrow with GUN’s application being opposed by the State.
Malawi Hemp Farmers Face ‘Green Gold’ Debt as Promised Offtakes Vanish and Govt Support Nowhere to Be Found
About 60 agricultural co-ops in Malawi that invested in hemp are facing financial hardship as promised offtakes to the US vanish and government support is nowhere to be found. For many farmers the promise of ‘green gold’ has become a costly illusion.
Kenya’s High Court to Rule on Rasta Petition for Cannabis to be Legalized for Cultural and Religious Use
Kenya’s Rastafarians want the legal right to consume cannabis for religious and cultural purposes. The state argues that any relaxation of drug-laws will lead to more crime and social harm. Now it’s up to the High Court to make that call and a ruling is expected next week.
Ghana Seeks Vermont’s Aid in Developing Low THC Cannabis Market
Ghanaian cannabis stakeholders recently visited the US state of Vermont for a tour around cannabis and hemp facilities with a view to collaborate in developing a low-potency cannabis marketplace in the West African country.
BioMuti’s Thlopane: South Africa Should be Working More Closely with Moroccan Pharma
Morocco’s pragmatic approach to developing a domestic pharmaceutical industry has catapulted it into an African leadership position. Biomuti founder Tebogo Thlopane writes that South Africa needs to wake up to the fact that Africa’s medicine map is being redrawn by actions, not slogans.
Namibian Revenue Agency Seized 377 Tons of Cannabis Last Year, Intends Beefing Up Border Controls
The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) has come up with its own definitions of the kinds of cannabis it seized during the course of last year – ‘pure’ cannabis, ‘skunk’ and ‘majat’. All in all it reported confiscations amounting to almost 377 tons during 2024/5.
Gareth Prince is Keynote Speaker at Cheeba Summit 2026 – Happening Alongside Cannabis Expo
Gareth Prince is headline speaker at the Cheeba Cannabis and Hemp Summit 2026 which runs alongside the Cannabis Expo in Gauteng at the end of the month. The one-day event features over 30 speakers in what’s being billed as a powerful platform for deal-making, policy dialogue and investment alignment.
Welcome to the Family Reunion! Hemptech 2026 in Ghana Aims to Link Africans Across the Atlantic
Cannabis links Africans across the world, and this should translate into collective mutual empowerment. That’s the vision behind Hemptech 2026 which takes place in Ghana next month to connect the African diaspora in the US with the opportunities ‘back home’.