Invegrow Paves Malawi’s Path to Hempcrete Housing: ‘Building Differently, Building for Africa’
Malawi’s leading cannabis company, Invegrow, is building its own offices out of hempcrete. This is part of the company’s drive to find low cost hemp solutions for housing under the theme: Building Differently, Building for Africa’.
African Policy-makers Largely Blind to the Transformative Potential of Hemp
A dedicated focus on industrial hemp could be transformative for Africa, but only 12 of the continent’s 54 countries have grasped its potential. Africa editor John Makoni writes that the plant is there, ready and waiting, he wonders why policy-makers are so slow to come to the party.
Danger that 2026 Could Be Another Wasted Year as Cannabis Reform Momentum Shows Signs of Fragmenting
This year started with renewed government energy on the cannabis reform front, but the challenge of aligning policy between different departments is proving difficult. The DTIC is now beginning to miss its own deadlines with the net effect that a new Cannabis law is unlikely to be passed before 2028.
Dr Zoey’s Vision takes Shape as Zimbabwe Unveils Flagship Hemp Commercial Trial at Mvurwi to Showcase Sector Potential
Zimbabwe’s renowned hemp activist Dr Zoey Maroveke (pictured here) is finally seeing the fruits of her labour as Zimbabwe launches its first major commercial hemp trial at Mvurwi. The showcase project will pull together years of ZIHT research and experimentation.
Want to Get a Cannabis License in Botswana? Take a Deep Breath, Here’s What You Need to Know
Botswana has deliberately designed its cannabis licensing regime to favour multinationals with deep pockets rather than empower local farmers, who will remain trapped at the bottom of the value chain. It has also raised barriers to entry by making its industry one of the most tightly regulated in the world.
Zambian Regulator Happy to Help Ghana Devise a More Farmer-Friendly Cannabis Licensing Regime
A senior Zambian regulator has offered to engage with his Ghanaian counterparts on adapting the West African country’s existing cannabis regulations to make the hemp sector more accessible to local farmers. Dr Prosper Sievu made the offer on a Cheeba Africa webinar in response to a plea from Ghana’s hemp sector for pan-African support.
Southern Africa’s Hemp Challenge: Turning Policy into Economic Value
The development of a viable industrial hemp industry in Southern Africa depends on closing critical gaps in funding, coordination, and implementation, experts said at the recent African Industrial Hemp Fibre Processing for Commercialisation Conference in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
Cannabis Emerging from the Sidelines to Become Integral Part of SA’s Pharmaceutical Industry
Cannabis has emerged from the peripheries and is now positioned at the heart of pharmaceutical healthcare. That’s the message from SANCAP founder Juan Fourie, speaking at Africa’s showcase pharmaceutical expo in Sandton, which features medical cannabis for the first time.
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.
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,