The government of Zimbabwe sees a role for hemp in construction after securing a $63 million line of credit from an African fund to develop eco-friendly buildings. National Housing and …
Hempcrete seen as part of eco-friendly solution to Zimbabwe’s housing shortage Read More »
Hoping to tap into the ongoing need for homes in Southern Africa, Capetown-based solutions provider The Best Grow has signed an agreement with Industrial Hemp Latvia (IHL), Riga, to distribute …
Capetown cannabis tech provider to distribute micro-decorticator in Southern Africa Read More »
Zimbabwe has opened up the domestic market for CBD as a traditional herbal medicine, expanding upon previous laws which had allowed production only for export. The Medicines Control Authority of …
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Two South African companies say they will put the finishing touches on a seven-story building expansion constructed with hemp blocks later this year. Hemporium and Afrimat Hemp, both of Cape …
South African project demonstrates hemp’s potential to upgrade existing buildings Read More »
An international team has developed integrated portable hemp processing technology that can capitalize on the entire hemp plant while supporting economically challenged communities and helping to mitigate climate change through …
‘SmartBox’ is integrated, portable solution for whole-plant hemp processing Read More »
South African cannabis supporters have welcomed a pledge by President Cyril Ramaphosa to back the hemp and marijuana industries, but say they’ve so far been left on the sidelines as …
President’s pledge gets tepid welcome from cannabis council leader in South Africa Read More »
A Botswana company has been granted exclusive rights to produce hemp and marijuana in the southern African nation. Gaborone-based Fresh Standard Limited received the concessions after the company had a …
Botswana company gets exclusive license for hemp, marijuana Read More »
The Moroccan government last year passed a law that could give impoverished farmers in the country’s Central Rif a chance to give up illegal cannabis growing to establish hemp value …
Lack of rules hinders development in Morocco’s Rif, but co-op keeps building Read More »
A South African researcher is looking into the potential of hemp farming to clean the soil in abandoned, highly-polluted former gold mining areas, and how hemp farming could boost economic …
Hemp probed to clean land in South Africa’s toxic gold mining areas Read More »
Investors from Germany, Switzerland and Canada are among those who have received cultivation and processing licenses under Zimbabwe’s cannabis program. A total of 57 licenses were handed to both foreign …
German, Swiss, Canadian companies get licenses in Zimbabwe Read More »
