Browsing: African Cannabis

CANNABIS CULTURE – Across Africa, the cannabis market has become a more and more militarized scene: from Zambia´s army foray into cultivation, Zimbabwe´s army dropping the first seeds of hemp, to South Africa and Swaziland where armies have a confrontational history with Indigenous growers.  

CANNABIS CULTURE –  The Zambia National Service is the country´s peacetime quasi-reserve army that “train citizens to serve the republic, develop infrastructure and enhance national food security.” In February the reserve army announced it will now shift attention to planting cannabis. Commandant Lieutenant General Maliti Solochi says his force has secured 20,000 hectares of landRead More

CANNABIS CULTURE – Africa´s cannabis sector is a thrilling scene in 2022. The major players are those racing to conquer the lucrative EU cannabis pharmaceutical market; pioneers in Africa´s cannabis stock listings SPACs;and those dabbling in Africa´s first experimental cannabis tissue culture. However, Africa´s leading cannabis pharmaceutical stars, for now, are mainly restricted to theRead More
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CANNABIS CULTURE – South Africa’s Government say they are ready to roll-out their Cannabis Masterplan –  an attempt to bring cultivation into the open and formalize the multi-billion dollar potential of the industry. The plan has jolted a rush of interesting mergers and takeovers amongst South Africa’s corporate cannabis players.