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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-022962
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230216
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230217
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230216

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AKANDA CORP.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001888014
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEDICINAL CHEMICALS & BOTANICAL PRODUCTS [2833]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A6
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-41324
		FILM NUMBER:		23640042

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1A, 1B LEAROYD ROAD
		CITY:			NEW ROMNEY
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			TN28 8XU
		BUSINESS PHONE:		442034889514

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		77 KING STREET WEST, SUITE 400
		STREET 2:		C/O DENTONS CANADA LLP
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5K 0A1
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>AKANDA CORP.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1a, 1b Learoyd Road</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New Romney TN28 8XU, United Kingdom</B></P>

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reports under cover Form&nbsp;20-F&nbsp;or Form&nbsp;40-F.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form&nbsp;20-F
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form&nbsp;40-F&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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is submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K&nbsp;in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1)&nbsp;only permits the submission in paper of a Form&nbsp;6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached
annual report to security holders.</P>

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is submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K&nbsp;in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S-T&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7)&nbsp;only permits the submission in paper of a Form&nbsp;6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other
document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant
is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant&rsquo;s &ldquo;home country&rdquo;), or under the rules&nbsp;of the home
country exchange on which the registrant&rsquo;s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release,
is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant&rsquo;s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has
already been the subject of a Form&nbsp;6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and incorporated
by reference herein is Akanda Corp.&rsquo;s press release, dated February&nbsp;16, 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: February&nbsp;16, 2023</P>

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    <TD><A HREF="tm236793d1_ex99-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Press release, dated February&nbsp;16, 2023.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Canmart Ends CEO Service Agreement; Akanda Approves
Appointment of Director</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">LONDON, February 16<SUP>th</SUP>,
2023 &ndash; International medical cannabis platform company Akanda Corp. (&ldquo;Akanda&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) (NASDAQ:
AKAN) today announced its subsidiary Canmart Ltd. brought Tejinder Virk&rsquo;s Service Agreement dated June 2, 2021 (the &ldquo;Service
Agreement&rdquo;) to an immediate end with effect from February 13<SUP>th</SUP>, 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">As disclosed on February
7<SUP>th</SUP>, 2023, the Company disclosed Mr. Virk&rsquo;s attempt to end the Service Agreement without providing the requisite period
of notice required under the Service Agreement, his interpretation of the Service Agreement, and allegations of Breach of Contract. On
February 13<SUP>th</SUP>, 2023, the Company informed Mr. Virk that it had reached the conclusion that it has a right to bring the Service
Agreement to an end with immediate effect. Accordingly, Mr. Virk was summarily dismissed and will be paid through February 13<SUP>th</SUP>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">The Akanda Board of Directors
is searching for a candidate to succeed Mr.&nbsp;Virk as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director. Executive Director Katie Field
has assumed his duties in the interim.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">On February 13<SUP>th</SUP>,
2023, the Board of Directors of the Company also met to approve the appointment of David Jenkins as a Director of the Company. Mr. Jenkins
will be replacing Yuying Liang, who informed the Company that she will be resigning as a Director, effective once Mr. Jenkins&rsquo; appointment
to the Board of Directors has been finalized. Mr. Jenkins is a global financier with an extensive network of high net-worth investors.
He has experience in public markets and has secured millions of dollars in capital for the mining industry. Mr. Jenkins currently serves
as an independent director for Levitee Labs Inc. He holds a position as an independent director at Boundary Gold and Copper Mining LTD.
, as well as with Quantum Battery Metals Corp., and with Montego Resources.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">Ms.&nbsp;Liang&nbsp;has
advised that her resignation was due to personal reasons and not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter related to the
operations, policies, or practices of the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222"><B>About Akanda Corp.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white; color: #222222">Akanda
is an international medical cannabis and wellness platform company seeking to help people lead better lives through improved access to
high quality and affordable products. Akanda&rsquo;s portfolio includes Holigen, a Portugal-based cultivator, manufacturer and distributor
with a prized EU GMP certified indoor grow facility; Canmart, a UK-based fully licensed pharmaceutical importer and distributor which
supplies pharmacies and clinics within the UK; and Bophelo Bioscience &amp; Wellness, a GACP qualified cultivation campus in the Kingdom
of Lesotho in Southern Africa. The Company&rsquo;s seed-to-patient supply chain also includes partnerships with California-based Cookies,
a leading globally recognized cannabis company; Cansativa Group, a leading importer and distributor of medical cannabis in Europe; and
Cellen Life Sciences&rsquo; Leva Clinic, one of the first fully digital pain clinics in the UK.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="color: #222222; background-color: white">Connect
wi</FONT><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">th Akanda: <U>Email</U> | <U>Website</U> | <U>LinkedIn</U> |</FONT> <U>Twitter</U> | <U>Instagram</U><FONT STYLE="color: #222222">&#8239;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222"><B>Investor Contact</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="text-decoration: underline; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">ir@akandacorp.com</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222"><B>Media Contact</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222">Imogen Saunders</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222">Irvine Partners</P>

<P STYLE="text-decoration: underline; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">imogen@irvinepartners.co.uk</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222"><B>Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Information and Statements</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; color: #222222">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: #222222">This press release contains certain
 &quot;forward-looking information&quot; within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements
that may constitute &quot;forward-looking statements&quot; within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical
facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only Akanda's beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many
of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Akanda's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as &quot;plans&quot;, &quot;expects&quot; or &quot;does not
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