Mnapenda Bhangi: 3.3 million Kenyans use marijuana according to study

This will make many people happy.

A UK study on use of marijuana in East Africa shows that there are 3.3 million Kenyans consuming the herb.

New Frontier Data, a UK-based authority in data analytics and business intelligence on the global cannabis industry, yesterday released its latest industry study – The Africa Regional Hemp & Cannabis Report: 2019 Industry Outlook showing that 83 million people in Africa consume marijuana.

The study also showed that there are estimated 263 million cannabis consumers globally among which a third or 83 million are located in Africa.

Here is a breakdown of marijuana use in Africa

Nigeria - 20.8 million

Ethiopia - 7.1 million people

Egypt - 5.9 million

DRC - 5 million

Tanzania - 3.6million user

Kenya - 3.3 milllion user

Uganda - 2.6million users

Sudan -  2.7 million cannabis users

Madagascar - 2.1 million

Ghana  - 2 million

Mozambique - 1.9 million

Angola - 1.8 million

The African countries with the least marijuana consumers, according to the 2019 report, are Zimbabwe with 1.1 million, Malawi (1.2 million), Niger (1.2 million) and Zambia with 1.4 million.