Drones for precision livestock management
Cautious optimism. That is what drone agriculture drone professional Louise Jupp feels about the use of drones in livestock farming. A…
August 2020
Drone regulations for Ethiopia
Ethiopia have become the latest African nation to enact drone legislation, now allowing for the legal production, importation and operation …
Drone patrols for South African borders?
The South African government may have started the process of incorporating surveillance drones to patrol its borders. The issue has come …
South Africa-based speaker at DJI AirWorks 2020 Conference
A South Africa-based drone pilot, author and instructor will share her experiences on drones in precision agriculture at DJI’s AirWorks 20…
DJI AirWorks 2020 Conference takes off
The year 2020 has been a challenging one for everybody, because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted people’s lives in a way that h…
Biggest commercial drone yet?
Up until now, the biggest drones on the planet were a preserve of the military, with all their sophisticated gadgetry and firearms and stuff…
New crop spraying drone on the horizon
Instead of a panel of spraying nozzles, this one has a single outlet whose spray jets straight into the heart of the matter. The sixteen-…
Know your drone operator
While there are gargantuan opportunities in the drone technology space in Africa, it is important that people understand between hobbyists a…
Just like Uber; only its for drones
The good thing about new technology is that sometimes you just have to follow a template that has worked well before. That is exactly wha…
Covid-19 relief for struggling SA surveyors
A South Africa drone service provider has pledged R100,000 (about $5,800) to help professionals in the survey industry struggling to make it…
EGLE drone drowned by eagle dredged
You know that drone which we reported to have lost turf war with a bald eagle and got drowned in lake Michigan? It was dredged up on Tues…
Injured UK woman rescued by drone
Drone usage is getting better and better in police circles in the UK. We all remember the Derbyshire Police Drone Unit, right? The unit t…
One drone delivery station to rule them all?
There will be one universal drone delivery station outside your doorstep soon. The new landing port for delivery drones – set to debut …
The case for drone technology in securing goods-in-transit
The director of UAV Aerial Works, a South African drone services provider, believes drone technology can deliver peace of mind to the highwa…
Nature vs Machine: Eagle drops drone into lake
ESCANABA, Michigan - A bald eagle did not take kindly to having its airspace over Lake Michigan invaded by a strange bird last month. So…
The Zambian stars are out
A picture says a thousand words, as the adage goes. Well; this one does not say much - only the thirty qualifying participants from scor…
Another drone start-up in race for top prize
An Ivorian agriculture technology company heavily featuring drone-based solution to its agriculture technology solutions has made it to the …
Job cuts at DJI
SHENZHEN - They have won the drone war, but it is only now that Chinese drone giant DJI Technology are realising how much being best costs. …
Photographer reunited with drone
American photographer George Steinmetz was recently reunited with his drone, which the New York Police Department had confiscated pending ju…
Too close for comfort: suspected drone sighted near Trump's Air Force One
Latest alleged sighting likely to trigger fresh calls to reign in beleaguered drone industry Witnesses aboard US President Donald Trump�…
Police drones cannot come soon enough
It was the sound of gunfire, dynamite and screams that woke residents of Esther Park this morning. The middle density suburb about a kilo…
UK criminals may be abusing drone technology
Rural crime officers fear thieves may be using camera-equipped drones to scout out farms in North Wales. Over the past fortnight four dif…
Celebrating the persevering will of Elong
Today, we celebrate the achievements of William Ndja Elong, a young Cameroonian whose dream of producing drones made in Africa has seen rema…
Start-up of the month for Frankfurt Rhine-Main? Wingcopter
At this juncture, Wingcopter can do no wrong, and there seems to be no limit to the Darmstadt-based drone delivery company's meteoric growth…
Drone footage shows aftermath of Scotland train crash
Video Courtesy of The Daily Record A drone took this video of the aftermath of the scene of a train crash that happened yesterday morning…
What makes a good drone law?
Below we reproduce an article from Drone Industry Insights, a reputable business intelligence company offering insights into the commercial …
A voice from above
With innovators across the continent pitching up ideas on how to combat the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, a drone start-up in Rwanda d…
Drones on the fields in Ghana
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Ghana, drone crop spraying start-up, AcquahMeyer Drone Tech had to shelf their plans to help the Ghanaian hea…
Sustainable precision agriculture
In this video, Aboubacar Karim, the founder of Investiv, a Cote d'Ivoire agriculture technology start-up, explains how drones can help impro…
In the field with Investiv
Ivorian agriculture technology start-up Investiv demonstrates how drones are used for spraying crops. Video courtesy of Reuters
PrecisionHawk patents UTM technology
Could the race to control unmanned Urban Air Mobility have started? American drone services company, PecisionHawk has been awarded two p…
Shot in arm for drone start-up's expansion drive
Amsterdam-based delivery drone maker Avy has declared its readiness to expand its operations after receiving a €1,4million shot in the arm…
Global pandemic inspires era of delivery drones
WASHINGTON - Cough medicine, snacks, baking ingredients: Kelly Passek has shopping delivered weekly to her yard in Christiansburg, Virginia …
Changing lives: Africa's first drone academy
Ever since the United Nations Children’s emergency Fund (UNICEF) got a taste of how cool and convenient drones were for humanitarian opera…
Drones in construction
Construction industry professionals have long envisioned technological disruption to address common challenges of time and cost overruns to …
Africa excels at BRICS drone skills challenge
A Nelson Mandela University student has won silver this year’s BRICS Future Skills Challenge, which had to be held virtually this year bec…
Zambian drone hackathon qualifiers to be announced this week
Zambian technology hub, BongoHive has just announced that it has started the process of selecting winning applications for the drone hackath…
Drone breadwinner for orphaned baby vulture
Here is something you don't get to read every day: A drone has drone in Israel has been helping to feed an orphaned baby vulture that had be…
Spy drone halts Bayern Munich training
FC Bayern Munich stars had a brief heart-in-mouth moment yesterday when a drone hovered over their training facilities. The Bavarians wer…
Drones in pictures
Feast your eyes on the pictures we have selected for you this week, of drones in various applications and poses.
Who will top the 2020 drone service providers list?
Commercial drone business intelligence company, Drone Industry Insights are set to release their annual list of Top 20 drone service provide…
French drone granted BVLOS licence
The Boreal drone has become the first fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle above 25kg to be granted licence to operate commercial Beyond Visua…
Beirut tragedy from the air
A drone has shown video footage of what is left of a Beirut port in Lebanon after the blast from a warehouse that held 2,750tonnes of ammoni…
UK man caught on drone video trying to flee arrest
Police in Derbyshire, UK have released drone video footage of the moment they caught a suspect wanted for possession of drugs with the inten…
Hands on with Inspire Africa's Drone Coding tools
The Inspire Africa group is making a positive impact among school kids, mostly in Southern Africa today, through their STEAM education curri…
Flies just like a bird: New drone to shake the industry?
Via The Conversation, engineers at the University of South Australia have revealed that they have made the ornithopter, a bird-like drone wh…
Drone start-up makes final cut for GoGettaz Agripreneur prize
Drone startup, Integrated Aerial Systems (IAS) has been selected as one of the finalists for Generation Africa's 2020 GoGettaz Agripreneur p…
Around Cape Town by Drone
Well, South Africa's mother city is beautiful. Take a stroll... The footage was captured by Cape Town-based video creator, Luke Bell
Wanna take your drone for a spin in foreign lands? Take note...
As a Drone Operator the skies are usually your limit. Due to Covid-19 we are on tenterhooks, positively trusting this will pass and that we …
Mapping the Senegalese salt lands
The team at Senegal Flying Labs was in a quandary. They had just secured an exciting new contract to map the salt lands of Sénégal and …
New, intelligent fire-fighting drone
A Chinese drone maker has released a new fire-fighting drone, with a bigger payload and intelligent fire-fighting features installed. Fro…
Amazon steps up efforts to launch drone delivery in the UK
Amazon has ramped up expansion of its ambitious drone delivery project, almost doubling the number of staff in its Cambridge-based Prime Air…
Drone start-ups among semi-finalists for top agric award
Two drone start-ups have made the semi-finals of the prestigious GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize, where they are hoping their precision agricultu…
New drone programming courses from DroneBlocks
Texas-based education technology services provider DroneBlocks has introduced into its curriculum new courses for its Science, Technology, E…
Drones to support police operations in South Africa
It is a good thing that South Africa is planning to introduce drone technology into policing structures – but it seems there is a misunder…
Rwanda to introduce drone-based internet connectivity
The Rwandan government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Japanese company, HAPSMobile Inc, under which both parties will conduct…
UK govt commissions research into UTM
Connected Places Catapult, the UK government innovation agency for the transport industry and autonomous vehicles, has announced the Open-Ac…