Tangible progress can been seen across the continent such as in the Republic of Benin where the moratorium has been lifted and efforts are underway to move forward, in Mozambique where biosafety decree was revised and accepted by the cabinet and the Presidency, Togo where the biosafety law is actively being revised; in Ethiopia where there is renewed momentum towards building a functional regulatory system, and in Ghana where the regulatory system has been empowered and is currently processing applications and monitoring on-going trials inter alia and in Nigeria and Uganda where frantic efforts are underway to pass their biosafety bills.