Wingcopter in successful delivery trials in Okinawa
German drone maker Wingcopter and its Japanese partner ITOCHU Corporation are expanding their collaboration into Okinawa, following the succ…
December 2024
Drones at wind farm construction site
The story below from Esri – the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping �…
Nigerian drone maker sets sights on South Africa
Keen for its products to break into the South African mining industry, a pioneering Nigerian drone manufacturing start-up has partnered with…
Drone-base malaria fighting solutions for Nigerian delegation in Rwanda
A Nigerian delegation on a week-long study visit to Rwanda has made a stop-over at the of local drone maker and services provider, Charis UA…
Drone entrepreneur talks about drone tech in Africa
It is great to watch Africa entrepreneurs making a positive impact on the continental commercial drone space. Leka Tingitana, the founder an…
Zipline joins Nigerian consortium for immunisation project
Nigeria still has a long way to go when it comes to delivering healthcare to every one of its nearly 200million citizens. But today the c…
Drone company, non-profit organisation launch HIV care programme in Nigeria
After initial success in Kenya, the Elton John AIDS Foundation and drone logistics company Zipline are using drones to deliver HIV care to y…
Droneii's State of The Drone Industry report for 2024
Our friends at commercial drone consulting company Drone Industry Insights have shared their analysis of the state of the commercial drone i…
SA company gets licence to operate DJI Dock for security applications
There is a new player on the South African security drone services space, after Agridrone – through its Johannesburg-based 24/7 Drone Forc…
New celestial navigation system for drones
A group of remote sensing engineers from the University of South Australia have developed a celestial solution of keeping contact with a d…
Drones to boost security, property management around South African smart city
We know we might be a little too obsessed with drone technology and all the things it can do to make people’s a little easier; and the pro…