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 »
Organizations from around the world are joining to form an international association to advance the interests of the hemp industry. The new body, as yet unnamed, will work to establish …
Initiative to consolidate the global hemp industry is launched Read More »
Officials in Zimbabwe say changes that loosened rules for cannabis production have translated into investment interest from the U.S., U.K, Germany and Switzerland, as licensing for medical marijuana and industrial …
Zimbabwe hopes hemp, medical cannabis can shore up exports Read More »
One year after South African cannabis activist Julian Stobbs was murdered in his home, little has been done to catch the perpetrators, Fields of Green for All, the non-profit Stobbs …
A year later, no progress in tracking down Stobbs’ murderers Read More »
A Lesotho company said it expects to make its first shipment of medical cannabis to Germany later this year. MG Health said it is the first African company to receive …
Lesotho company to focus first on German medical cannabis market Read More »
Policymakers in Ghana should implement hemp rules that favor local investors and farmers under a well-equipped agency that will spearhead production and research into developing the sector, Chinese researchers say …
Report says Ghana should favor local investors, farmers Read More »
