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In Focus | Morocco
Super technocrat Driss Benhima opens the way for the liberalisation of cannabis growing

The liberalisation of cannabis cultivation, which was dismissed as a regional aberration when it was proposed by Rif region leaders such as former governor Ilyas el Omari, has been miraculously turned into a formula for industrial revolution and social development for northern Morocco. Behind this U-turn are two of Morocco's leading technocrats, Driss Benhima and Abdelouafi Laftit. [...]
Published on 08.03.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 5 minutes
Former Royal Air Maroc CEO Driss Benhima Driss Benhima.
Former Royal Air Maroc CEO Driss Benhima Driss Benhima. © Reuters
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In Focus | Southern Africa
Southern Africa's other green revolution

The slow legalisation of the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, which got under way in Canada and the United States in 2016, has started a veritable agricultural revolution in Africa. From the mountains of Lesotho to the South African coast, taking in Malawi and Zimbabwe, the sector's major operators have set up partnerships with local entrepreneurs able to oversee plantations and talk to governments about the liberalisation of a form of cultivation which is still largely forbidden on the continent.

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