Ghana: Policy Expert’s 5 Step Plan Charting a Course from Prohibiting Adult-Use to Regulating It
Ghana has opened the door to developing an industrial hemp sector, but there are now calls for authorities to go further and embrance regulated adult use. A five point plan towards decriminalization has been put on the table by a leading advocate for cannabis reform.
Ivory Medical Emerges as a Front Runner in Zimbabwe’s Cannabis Development Programme
Zimbabwe’s policy to legalise the production of medicinal cannabis is bearing fruit, with a multi-million-dollar value-addition facility in Headlands now transforming the “green gold” into high-end CBD pharmaceutical products.
Cannabis Remains Europe’s Illicit Drug of Choice, But Impact of Evolving Market on Public Health Still Unclear
Cannabis remains the most commonly consumed illicit drug in Europe yet the public impact of the evolving market is still unclear. That’s according to the European Drug Report 2026 which estimates that 25 million European adults (8,7% of the population) used cannabis in the last year.
FIFA Bans World-Cup Shaped Bongs For Copyright Infringement
Toronto cannabis shop Cosmic Charlies has been ordered by FIFA to destroy the world-cup-shaped bongs on sale on the grounds of copyright infringement. Does Cosmic Charlies care? No, because they’re riding high on the publicity.
Nigeria Finally Waking Up to the Potential of Cannabis as MP’s Begin Drafting a Legal Framework
Medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp production are in the pipeline for Nigeria, with the National Assembly currently drafting legislation to create a legal framework for the cultivation and use of cannabis for medical, scientific and industrial purposes.
H3’s Botha: Govt Not Acting Fast Enough to Ensure Local Ownership of Landraces, Warns of ‘Genetic Outflow’
The Government is not acting fast enough to protect its own cannabis genetic resource base and ensuring that communities ‘own’ the IP to the landraces they have been cultivating for generations. Although this is official policy, H3’s Charl Botha writes here there needs to be more urgency in implementation.
Cheeba’s Birch: Accept That Govt Can’t Move the Industry Forward, It’s Up to Stakeholders to Show the Way
Cheeba Africa co-founder Trenton Birch says it’s crystal clear that government is struggling to move the dial forward on cannabis reform. He says that puts a load of responsibility onto private sector players to keep up the change momentum and lead the way.
Ghana’s Darko Pulls Out of Cape Town Cannabis Conference Because of Rising Xenophobic Tensions in SA
The ripples of xenophobia have hit the cannabis sector, with a senior Ghanaian stakeholder pulling out of next week’s ICS 2026 Cape Town conference. Mark Darko cited safety concerns for his withdrawal, which he says is in line with Ghana’s travel warnings to its citizens about staying clear of SA.
Govt Misses All its Own Deadlines to Put New Cannabis Laws into Place
The National Cannabis Master Plan is coming off the rails – again. The DTIC’s promise to prioritize cannabis reform has run out of momentum with no sign of the draft cannabis commercialization policy that was meant to be put to Parliament this session.
Expo’s Howarth: Message is Clear: Consumers Are In Charge and What They Want is Driving the Market
The Cannabis Expo has put paid to any doubt as to who’s in control of cannabis in the country says CEO Silas Howarth. It’s not the government or big business – it’s the consumer! This is the real force shaping the industry because of its insatiable demand and sheer spending power.