Abuja set to have a digital twin
The Nigerian capital of Abuja is set to have a digital twin soon, after the federal government announced the launch a pioneering drone surve…
March 2025
Agric drone tech's potato story
Beyond just crop spraying, there is a lot more that drone technology offers to the agriculture industry; and the article below – from Pota…
South African municipality launches drone as first responder project
A municipal administration in South Africa has announced the launch of a drone first responder pilot project. The Kouga Municipality in t…
China donates agric drones to Zambia
It seems the Chinese government is pulling out all stops to help expand the commercial drone business for its native companies, at a time wh…
Drone dock systems gaining popularity in South
It seems there is a real arms race among private security providers in South Africa, to offer the convenience of the drone docking system as…
Odour-seeking navigation technology for drones
We know drones have brought with them enhanced thermal superpowers that enable them to locate human life through heat detection; something w…
Drone defibrillator delivery for remote areas
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers in Wisconsin, USA, has designed a drone-based system to rapidly deliver an Automated Ext…
Breakthrough on battery tech for drones in cold temperatures
As the search for better and more powerful batteries for drones progresses, a drone powered by an ultra-low-temperature high-energy-density …
Drone technology and supply chain management
The below article – from Indian drone logistics company Redwing founder Rishabh Gupta; and supply chain professors Dr Vipul Garg (Texas A&…
Lockheed Martin company to launch commercial drone
American aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky Innovations has announced the successful completion of flight tests for a hybrid wing drone it is pl…
Africa: Bridging the infrastructure gap with medical drone logistics
Well; we do not know if they were one of the organisations negatively impacted by the USA federal government ordering a stop to all projects…
Amazon presses ahead with UK launch plans
Having made a successful landing in Italy at the end of last year, e-commerce giant Amazon will be pressing ahead with a its plans to launch…
Drones deployed to monitor mine protest in South Africa
South Africa may have had its first use case for drone technology application in a public tactical situation, after a local drone services c…
Drone industry legend Romeo Durscher dies
Romeo Durscher – the colossal voice behind drone technology in first response operations – is no more. Diagnosed with cancer last yea…
Third drone school opens in Zimbabwe
A third drone training school has opened its doors in Zimbabwe, to give more choice and opportunity to more prospective drone users and indu…
Nigerian blood services agency to work with Zipline
American drone logistics company Zipline’s work with in the Nigerian health sector must be really good. It is not long since the compan…
DJI's drone docking system for vehicles
Wanna capture those travel moments, but without having to stop your vehicle so you can grab a few pictures? No? How about this: a car that c…
The role of drone and LiDAR tech in building disaster-resistant African cities
It has been a particularly wet start to 2025 for most parts of Southern Africa, with heavy rains a welcome sight for many a farmer in the re…
DJI's USA ban: Plot thickens
The running saga of Chinese drone makers' - led by the hugely popular DJI - fate in the North American commercial drone market is something …