Malawi Farmers Protest Cannabis License Fees

MMP News AuthorNovember 26, 2020
BLANTRYE, MALAWI – Malawi’s new Cannabis Regulatory Authority this week said the country is ready to become the latest in Africa to produce the plant for medicinal and industrial use. Malawi farmers, however, say the license fee, up to $10,000, is prohibitively high.  The enactment of a law allowing cultivation ... Read More

Malawi Cannabis Authority justifies US$10,000 licence fee

MMP News AuthorNovember 26, 2020
The Cannabis Regulatory Authority has justified the US$10,000 (about K7.6 million) licence fee for a cannabis cultivation licence. Following the publication of a government notice on licence fees related to cultivation, distribution and sell of cannabis and industrial hemp, Malawians took to social media to protest against the fees saying ... Read More

Malawi ready to produce cannabis for industrial, medicinal use

MMP News AuthorNovember 26, 2020
Malawi is ready to start commercial production and processing of cannabis for medicinal and industrial use, the southern African country’s new Cannabis Regulatory Authority said on Tuesday. Malawi’s parliament passed a bill in February that makes it legal to cultivate and process cannabis for medicines and hemp fibre used in ... Read More

Malawi ready to produce cannabis for industrial and medicinal use

MMP News AuthorNovember 24, 2020
BLANTYRE, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Malawi is ready to start commercial production and processing of cannabis for medicinal and industrial use, the southern African country’s new Cannabis Regulatory Authority said on Tuesday. Malawi’s parliament passed a bill in February that makes it legal to cultivate and process cannabis for medicines ... Read More