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For the first time it felt like the right People that dont know about cannabis
information was getting to the right people are scared, first get them used to the
and stuff was happening in the courtrooms idea that sick people can use it to get
regarding cannabis. International better then they might not be as afraid
legislation has been passed and we know of recreational uses.
South Africa likes to follow trends, so many
people were thinking of creative ideas on The people that wanted to get involved
how to make a living doing something they in the cannabis trade did not always
love that involves cannabis. have the means to sell their cannabis
idea’s. When we realized the name
All except us, all we wanted or offered back Daggabay was available, the snowball
then was a voice, with that many followers effect happened from 2017 till now
the media took us a little more serious 2020 we gathered 49 Shops that all
when there was some negative news about have some cannabis related business
cannabis, people started to take notice idea. We felt it was necessary to offer
when we spoke and it was an amazing time free service because we know that the
to be alive as we saw the walls of cannabis business out there is not
prohibition starting to crack. making money every month and
sometimes just needs a break from
People were looking at getting grow paying for hosting or admin fees, that's
permits, or making smoking devices, or why we only charge a small % when a
something to do with the growing of sale happens.
cannabis, the one thing that was still
needed was for someone to create a good Just before December 2020 we finally
standard through the cannabis industry have enough South African vendors and
something for the cannabis people by products to feel like we have something
cannabis people, not about getting rich great to offer the people, the team of
quick, but really offering value added people, the magazine, but most
service with cannabis related goods. A important the community’s
trusted cannabis brand, all brands under involvement is making this to be one
one roof. I wanted to take the stigma that amazing experience and to think it's all
some people had attached to the word just starting now.
dagga and turn it into something positive.
We knew we needed an original idea
something that will unite the cannabis
users in a truly South African way, one
morning the word just came to me
Daggabay I loved the word Dagga and knew
it had power behind it as it turns heads if
spoken aloud in a room, it was a proudly
South African term little international
people even knew about.
right direction.
Andre Swart
