E-cigarettes in Africa
This page covers all of our content that focuses on Africa. It holds all of our detailed market and regulatory reports for individual countries, as well as other full-length reports that focus on specific areas. In addition, all of our regulatory and business briefings that relate to Africa can be found here, along with our trackers, databases and live alerts.
Business briefing
Industry news and updates with a focus on companies and businesses in the sector
Regulatory briefing
Global legal and regulatory news and updates from the vape industry
Market reports
Detailed full-length reports including data and analysis of numerous vaping markets around the world
Market report: market expansion continues in South Africa
5th November 2020
Regulatory reports
Thorough reports providing legal and regulatory analysis of different countries and sections of the e-cigarette industry
Regulatory report: Algeria
8th April 2021
Pricing trackers
Online e-cig pricing guides for numerous markets around the world, updated twice a year and provided in database format
Online e-cig pricing: South Africa Q1 2021
20th April 2021
Regulatory trackers
Up-to-date information about current regulations around the world, presented in user-friendly maps and Excel spreadsheets
Brands trackers
Our online price benchmarking project, analysing multi-brand retail websites in selected vape markets
Flavour & nicotine trackers
Analytical insights of the most significant vaping flavours and nicotine strengths
Databases
User-friendly databases with key global analysis, statistics, directories and more
Key global e-cigarette markets database: June 2021
4th June 2021
Charts and infographics
A brief highlight of what can be found in our full-length e-cigarette market reports
In a nutshell
The e-cigarette market in Africa is still developing, with few countries on the continent regulating the vaping sector. The e-cig industry in some is currently a state monopoly – like Tunisia where e-cigs and refill containers can only be purchased through the state corporation. A lack of specific e-cig legislation means vaping products fall mostly under existing tobacco laws. In others such as Egypt, where e-cigarettes were legalised in 2019, conflict in the government means the independent local industry is still worried about enforcement and future of the industry.
In Africa’s biggest and expanding market, nicotine-containing e-cigarettes are defined in South African law as smoking cessation tools and as such must obtain a medical licence. Pharmacies are the only point-of-sale where e-cigs with nicotine can be sold legally. However, very weak law enforcement has led to a thriving black market – considered one of the largest in the world.
