Drone racing League looking to keep sports fans entertained during pandemic
The Drone Racing League (DRL) is using technology to be one of the few professional sports leagues still active during the coronavirus pande…
June 2020
Kespry upgrades drone features
CALIFORNIA - US-based industrial drones maker and operator Kespry has unveiled its latest aerial intelligence platform updates, highlighted …
Pictures of the Day
These are the pictures we have chosen for your viewing pleasure today. They were all taken by drones
Time for authorities to rethink drone policy
It has taken an event of almost biblical proportions to demonstrate just how much we truly rely on the care and services medical practitione…
Surfers warned after shark sighting, South Africa
South Africa's sea rescue service has urged swimmers and surfers to be cautious, after a recent spate of great white shark sightin…
The Smartest Drone on the Market?
Drone maker Skydio returns after a COVID-19 induced haitus, and they are back with a super-smart drone, the Skydio 2. The new drone has a fe…
Behold... the Drone Age cometh
We know drones are cool. But it seems, with the way drones have been employed in response to the devastation of COVID-19 - delivering emerge…
Mapping Monrovia
The Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team (HOT) has incorporated drone technology in mapping Liberia’s capital Monrovia, as part of a wider …
India slowly warming up to the goodness of drones
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, drones have proved to be quite utilitarian. Not only have they helped with surveillance and crowd cont…
India ropes in drones to fight locust plague
RAJASTHAN - In their latest efforts to fight the locust plague afflicting India, authorities in Jaipur despatched drones to lend a helping h…
Drones rescue family lost in Florida park
FLORIDA - A family had a scary experience when they got lost while hiking in the Blackwater Creek Preserve, a 1,993-acre conservation a…
The best drones for 2020
As the technologies of mobile phones, cameras, and lithium-ion batteries have evolved in recent years, drones have come a lo…
Samsung finds drone-based 5G network optimisation formula
SEOUL - Samsung Electronics has successfully demonstrated as new drone-based antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networ…
Suspect nabbed for allegedly smuggling drugs into Malaysia using a drone
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police recently arrested a Singaporean man suspected for smuggling drugs into his country using a drone. Police …
Helping kids to fall in love with STEAM Education
BALTIMORE — The Global Air Drone Academy uses drones to get kids interested in science, technology, engineering, art and math car…
Painting the skies red and white – the Zipline drone delivery story
American drone healthcare distribution company Zipline has been enjoying great success supplying life-saving emergency medicine and equipmen…
Wings for Wingcopter to expand operations in Africa
German autonomous drone delivery manufacturer Wingcoper are set to further spread their wings in Malawi after their project proposal to fast…
Farmers dig drones – but they need more time to understand them
Most farmers in Africa would love to incorporate drone technology into their daily agricultural operations – but they are being set ba…
Remodelling digital reality with drones
As they have done with almost every other industry, unmanned aerial vehicles have proved very useful to the construction and related industr…
Youth rising to the challenge of drones in Zimbabwe
Tawanda Chihambakwe. He is a young Zimbabwean who thought he was headed for a decent career in media and fintech, but a chance meeting with …
Sprayer Drone for precision agriculture
Award-winning Zimbabwean drone start-up, Alley Capital Group are bringing a new dimension to farming in the country – aerial crop-dust…
DJI fends off data espionage allegations... again
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, so goes the adage. Apparently so it goes too for DJI; the world’s leading drone manufacture…
Hello World... We are Drones.R.Africa
Welcome to this, the home of African drone and UAV technology news, which we are opening amid the pomp and fanfare of… no pomp and fa…
Finally, drone laws for Kenya
It has taken many years to be here, but drone technology hopefuls in Kenya can finally operate their machines without fear of legal persecut…