Update: Missing woman found
The search for Mrs Colette Eksteen, the Stellenbosch women who went missing in Table Mountain last week, ended in tragedy, when her body was…
February 2021
COVAX vaccine lands in Ghana; with Zipline ready for last mile delivery
The first global shipment of free COVID-19 vaccines, to be distributed to low- and middle-income countries under the World Health Organisati…
Reality check: Unmanned Air Mobility and the challenging road ahead
We do not think any professional in the delivery drone space was under any illusions about the amount of work that needs to be done until dr…
Wanted: delivery drones that can fly 300km
The World Health Organisation and VillageReach's DMs are open. The world health body and VillageReach, an international non-profit organ…
Western Cape drone unit called in to help... again
The drone unit from the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services have been called in to help again, this time with finding a lady who is assu…
Rio Tinto increases drone use in mining operations
Anglo-Australian mining conglomerate Rio Tinto had a really good 2020 and they have drones to thank for it. Alright; we might have exagge…
WeRobotics secures more funds for STEM education in Global South
And WeRobotics has gone and done it again. We think it is allowed to run out of superlatives to applaud the lengths the non-profit drone …
Show me your drone: In conversation with ADDA's first graduate
We are sure there will come a time when the African Drone and Data Academy in Malawi will be the Harvard of Drone training in Africa, and pe…
Delta Drone dives into Zambian agriculture with Rocketfarm
Following the merger of drone-based mining and agriculture solutions provider Delta Drone South Africa drone parachute manufacturer ParaZero…
Trouble in EHang paradise
Chinese drone maker fends off fraud allegations You could say something had to go wrong for the EHang fairy tale. The Chinese passenge…
Women blazing the GIS industry with drone technology
Perhaps it was a good thing that Women and drones decided it was time they stretched their reach to other parts of the world outside the org…
Anti-poaching drone on the horizon
Robert Miller loves wildlife. So much that he is building a drone to protect wildlife from poachers. The Cape Town, South Africa based…
Update: NASA's Perseverance makes safe touchdown on Mars
203 days ago, on July 30, 2020 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Florida, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) l…
UAV set for historic Mars landing
We know this might have nothing to do with Africa but (in Spider Man’s voice, just after he was snapped back to life and reunites with Mr …
Wingcopter hops on board as Flying Labs' wingman
Weiterstadt, GERMANY – The future of delivery drones in Africa just got a little brighter. Maybe not the whole of Africa yet, but at le…
High time the African Union gave drone technology the real chance it deserves
We have a bone to chew with the African Union. Five years after the then AU Commission chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma appointed a…
Realising dreams, one step at a time: The story of Itumeleng Mokoena
She speaks code. Not that code. Morse code. Her name is Itumeleng Mokoena, another drone professional who got into the industry by …
Drone helps save hiker on Table Mountain, Cape Town
DJI Matrice 200 to the rescue. Video: WCGH EMS It is February 15 today; exactly two months to the day the Western Cape Government Health�…
Now you can fly a drone without GPS
The way it normally works with drones in flight is that, when you want to determine your drone’s location; track its movement or help it n…
PrecisionHawk partners with American Tower for drone-based tower inspection solutions
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA — It is understandable if engineers get antsy about having to climb the dangerously dizzy heights of cell tow…
The 2021 drone horoscope: Africa edition
We all know what the year 2020 was like to all of humanity. We were all happy and looking forward to the start of another year – then j…
Women and Drones Trailbazers chat: Zethu Gumede
From KwaZulu Natal with love. It is Zethu Gumede in the spotlight this week, in the latest instalment of Trailblazing Women on Women and…
Drones lead landslide rescue efforts in biggest drone operation in Europe
Around 4AM in Norway on the 30th of December last year, a hillside gave way in the village of Ask in the Gjerdrum region in eastern Norway, …
DroneDeploy, Corteva launch another drone-based solution for farming operations
San Francisco, USA – If anybody needed more proof that drone technology does work in agriculture, then they have to look no further than C…
Another European project for drone integration into urban airspaces
There are so many drone-based urban air mobility projects that SESAR is involved with right now that it might crack your head just to try an…
US company writes software to remotely identify drones
San Francisco, USA – Following the release of the final rules for unmanned aircraft in the USA, and the European Commission Regulations on…
Drones to track off-road criminals in Solihull, UK
Police in the West Midlands town of Solihull in the United Kingdom are deploying drones to parks and public spaces in the hope of catching o…
Leading African drone professionals in conversation
They do not waste time, do they? Just a few days ago, Women and Drones announced the launch of its first international chapter in Africa…
Drones, 5G and smart cities
With drone technology making nothing of a necessarily miraculous rise in the past year, largely thanks to the need to feel the gap left by t…
Fancy yourself some pilot lessons? Try Pretoria University
Having completed a merger recently between Delta Drone South Africa and ParaZero Safety Systems to become Delta Drone International, the com…
Kaduna State, Nigeria, gets the Zip codes
Kaduna City, NIGERIA – The Zips are flying into Nigeria. Well; at least only in country’s north western state of Kaduna for now; yest…
Women And Drones Africa launched
It seems Louise Jupp has pledged not to catch a wink of sleep until every citizen of Africa is holding a drone, a book about drones, or – …
NASA to research on drones' impact on society
We all know how just how many organisations are right now involved active tests to see how drones can be integrated into the really busy air…
Charis UAS dreams of a drone manufacturing plant in Africa
Kigali, RWANDA – When people hear about drones and Rwanda, the first thing that comes to their mind is… not Charis UAS. It is Zipline…
Drone Professional 2 is here
The first book did so well, that is shattered all the expectations that its anthologist had set. So – following this overwhelming succe…