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These are the top 10 cannabis-consuming countries in Africa

Congratulations, or canna-gratulations, to Nigeria.
The West African country has the distinction of being home to the largest number of cannabis consumers on the African continent by a huge margin of over 20 million users, according to New Frontier Data’s recent report titled, Global Cannabis Report: 2019 Industry Outlook.
“The purpose of the report is to support operators and investors in guiding business strategy by providing a macro view of cannabis use and legalization trends globally,” per New Frontier, a cannabis data analytics specialist.
Cannabis consumption for medical and recreational purposes in Nigeria is illegal and carries the potential for serious penalties. But prohibition doesn’t seem to have had much of an effect on the level of consumption in the homeland of globally renowned novelist Chinua Achebe.
The countries with the fewest cannabis users are Malawi, Niger, Zambia and Zimbabwe, all of whom are home to less than 1.5 million cannabis users.
Ethiopia is Africa’s second largest cannabis consumer with 7.1 million enthusiasts of the drug, despite the fact that cannabis for medical and recreational use is illegal in all forms.
Egypt ranks third in the continent with 5.9 million cannabis users, and first in North Africa. Although the topic is controversial and cannabis products are illegal to possess and consume, the use of hashish has a long cultural and social history in the country—which was ranked 25th in the world in cannabis consumption in a United Nations report.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is fourth on the list, with 5 million cannabis users. Tanzania has the highest number of cannabis users in East Africa and is ranked fifth in the continent with just over 3.5 million consumers. Kenya comes in close behind at second most consumers in East Africa and sixth most overall.
Rounding up the top 10 list, Sudan is seventh with 2.7 million users, and Uganda comes in eighth with 2.6 million users. Madagascar is ninth with 2.1 million users, with Ghana a close tenth with 2 million.
The countries with the fewest cannabis users are Malawi, Niger, Zambia and Zimbabwe, all of whom are home to less than 1.5 million cannabis users.
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