Group to explore drone traffic opportunities in EU cities
We know the people of the United Kingdom opted to leave the European Union community and go it alone as an economic entity in Europe – and…
December 2020
Cattle-herding drone?
In her presentation at this year’s DJI Airworks 2020 Conference, South African based drone professional, Louise Jupp gave her opinions on …
Merry Christmas from DronesRAfrica
Wishing you a very Christmas from all of us at DronesRAfrica, and hoping that the day bring happiness to you and your loved ones. And if…
UK Drone Corridor trials set for summer, 2021
The rest of the world is set to witness just how a drone corridor will work in real life, after the United Kingdom Research and Innovation i…
One last kick in the teeth for DJI from 2020
Chinese drone maker added to US entity list that bans it from importing US tech without express permission It really would not be 2020 if…
New agriculture drones from XAG
GUANGZHOU – Chinese agriculture technology company XAG have announced the launch of a trio of agricultural drones and related software tec…
Western Cape EMS finally gets a certificate
It has taken three years to get here, but the Western Cape Heath Department’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) finally got their own Remot…
Drones in 2020
2020 It has been a bit challenging as a year, hasn’t it? What with the global pandemic that sneaked upon humanity and set all its plans…
Endeva's Wakanda Beyond Challenge to tackle African drone issues
After calling for applications from expert organisations and individuals to bring forward their solutions to the drone policy conundrum in A…
Passenger drones for Austria, Singapore
GUANGZHOU – Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle manufacturer, Ehang’s quest to lead the global drive for autonomous taxis has received a m…
Delta Drone SA, ParaZero complete merger
The announcement has been long in coming, but Delta Drone South Africa – a drone-based aerial mining solutions company – has finally com…
Top humanitarian drone expert leaves DJI
It does feel like a death in the family; and it is in a way. Romeo Durscher – on of the most prominent evangelists for humanitarian dro…
Drone technology and STEAM education
Because drones are miniature marvels, they're the perfect size — and price — to bring into the classroom, offering a lot of bang for the…
GADA's drone hackathon lands in Nigeria
They did promise a Nigerian leg of their competition – and now the Global Air Drone and data Academy has delivered. Following hot on th…
Spanish company in drone fight against tsetse fly in Africa
Having witnessed the amazing work drones have been doing during these pandemic times, maybe this is the time to test their effectiveness in …
Flying drones without GPS
It was only recently that the South African president announced plans during a meeting with government officials to introduce drones technol…
Introducing the haulage drone in Ghana
After witnessing first-hand the success of delivery drones in the medical industry (we have covered Zipline’s exploits in the country a fe…
500 lives rescued - and still counting
It is a real shame that almost five years since drone technology started making inroads into the African continent, their success stories in…
Missed it by that much: drone start-up narrowly beaten to top entrepreneur prize
He beat competition when applications were in their thousands, and did it again when they were trimmed down to fifty, then to twenty, and to…
African chapter of Women and Drones on the cards
In response to growing calls for more female involvement in the drone industry in Africa, one drone professional has a simple proposal – a…
Flying Labs add cargo drone partner in AerialMetric
Humanitarian robotics organisation WeRobotics are not kidding when they preach the gospel of empowering local robotics start-ups to lead inn…
More drones for the locust fight in Ethiopia
Reeling from the conflict between government forces and fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), people from Ethiopia’…