South African start-up deploys drones to eradicate problematic shrub
The Western Cape province in South Africa has been in making headlines of late, with its novel ways of adopting drone technology in its agri…
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Hydrogen cell-powered drone completes 100km flight in China
As the search for long lasting but sustainable fuel systems for unmanned aerial systems continue, a laboratory in China has debuted a hydrog…
China tries drone-based cloud seeding
The 2023/2024 rainy season in Southern Africa is now way past us. Or what was supposed to be the rainy season anyway; a prolonged dry spe…
Setting bugs against pests in vineyards in South Africa
A South African agricultural drone services provider has partnered with a pest management company to deploy drone technology into the fights…
Drone insurance in Africa: From the viewpoint of an insurer
https://youtu.be/d-_nqsJR4m4 In June this year, we attended the Drone & Unmanned Aviation Conference, South Africa’s flagship dron…
Drone training for Kenyan small holder farmers
Kenya Flying Labs – WeRobotics’ Kenyan custodian of the Flying Labs franchise – has joined hands with a German agency to bring drones …
Zimbabwean drone training start-up to train university students
Harare, ZIMBABWE – Oftentimes on this blog, we have tried to insist that – as game-changing as they are to the industries they apply to …
Drone insurance coming to Zimbabwe
Step by little step, commercial drone applications ate taking root in the southern African state of Zimbabwe. At least so much that the a…
Made in Africa: New multi-purpose drone on the market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnNzHXaUqaM&pp=ygUSaXRvbyBzcGVjaWFsIHJpc2tz In June this year, we attended the Drone & Unmanned …
DJI drones spray 500million hectares of land
Their legal and business woes in the USA notwithstanding, it seems the year 2023 was another progressive one – at least on the agriculture…
The importance of 5G networks to autonomous applications
The below article from the smart people at telecommunications giant Ericsson outlines the important role 5G and its fast connectivity can pr…
DJI ban section off US Senate version of defence bill
There has been an interesting development in the moves by the United States congress to ban Chinese drone maker DJI from offering its drones…