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.