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…
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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…
What should Africa do to win the Game of Drones?
The just ended Drones and Unmanned Aviation Conference 2021 had experts covering various issues that included the legislative and regulatory…
Drones for South Africa's rail tracks?
Just a month after announcing plans to use drone technology to beef up security on its borders, the South African government has revealed an…
Lights out, and its lift off for DJI and Mercedes Benz
Commercial drone maker DJI has officially joined motorsport – and they are racing in Mercedes Benz’s corner. The world-renowned manuf…
Ghana's power utility call in the drones
Drones are good – and Ghana’s power utility is now aware of that. They are good for inspecting the power grid, for instance, and to c…
Avy want their drones to fly as long as the sun shines
We knew it was just a matter of time, but we now have a Dutch drone that flies solar. Aviation and technology companies have been trying …
Flying labs fly into Zimbabwe
At the time they are celebrating the fifth anniversary since the launch of the first lab in Nepal, WeRobotics’ network of Flying Labs has …
Drone draws out murder suspect
Despite all the sterling work drones have been doing as part of policing efforts all over the world, there are still lingering questions ove…
Fight still rages against locust invasion
Two years after the world learned of the worst desert locust infestation that has wreaked havoc in Africa and Asia in many years, countries …