Zimbabwean drone logistics provider looking to fly places
Having taken on the onerous task of being the first drone logistics partner and supplier of choice in Southern Africa, Zimbabwean drone solu…
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All for the Roger: Federer in surprise US Open drone show
Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer got a pleasant surprise when the US Open organisers lit up New York’s Queens skyline wit…
Netherlands extends medical drone logistics pilot
A medical drone logistics trial that has been running since between two hospitals in the Netherlands has been extended by another six months…
Drones to deliver car parts in Detroit
Even the automotive industry can no longer resist the utilitarian allure of drone technology. So far, the drones have managed to worm thei…
Meet the Mozambican kid building drones
The good thing about having a technology tool be seen to be working is that it will inspire a lot of young kids into dreaming of innovations…
Drone found with $1million contraband
We were wondering why we were starting to get itchy skin in the last few days – turns out it has been a while since we had a story of …
Malawi's first drone show
The spectacle of a drone show might be new to Malawi – indeed it might be new to most countries in Africa to be honest – but we …
Amazon drone's water delivery
Well, this is interesting. Yesterday, our story was about retail giant Amazon announcing plans to expand its delivery drone service, Amazo…
Amazon dreaming of serving 500 cities by year end
It is August 20 today and online retail behemoth Amazon has set itself a target of introducing its Prime Air delivery drone service to 500 c…
Another drone academy opens in South Africa
There is a new drone training school in South Africa, and this one will be heavily biased towards the application of drone technology in the…
Zipline to deliver for Uber Eats
All those years American logistics company Zipline spend in Africa perfecting its delivery drone operations – yet all they were dreami…
Kenya, China celebrate friendship with drone show
Kenya and China took to the skies last week, with a drone light show featuring 500 drones that lit up the Nairobi night in celebration of ye…
US imposes 100 percent tarrifs on drone imports
For a country that exports all kinds of stuff to all parts of the world – phones, software, entertainment, culture, among countless ot…
Tanzanian company developing agric drones
If you are a regular follower of this magazine, or our annua summits, it may not come as a surprise to you when we celebrate every little sp…
New drone-based cleaning service provider for South Africa
A second player has entered the drone cleaning business chat in South Africa. Drone Wash SA has joined Cape Town-based KTV Working Dro…
Drones doing good police work
No; they are not replacing human police officers, but police magazine, Police1, has published a brilliant article on how drone technology ha…
Drones resolving human-wildlife disputes
A little while ago, we shared a report where drones, in East Africa at least, had found their purpose as the delicate mediators negotiating …
First medical drone logistics gig for Zipline in US
Looks like Zipline’s years of practice in Africa are all coming to usefulness at home, with the drone logistics company confirming tha…