Wanted: delivery drones that can fly 300km
The World Health Organisation and VillageReach's DMs are open. The world health body and VillageReach, an international non-profit organ…
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Western Cape drone unit called in to help... again
The drone unit from the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services have been called in to help again, this time with finding a lady who is assu…
Rio Tinto increases drone use in mining operations
Anglo-Australian mining conglomerate Rio Tinto had a really good 2020 and they have drones to thank for it. Alright; we might have exagge…
WeRobotics secures more funds for STEM education in Global South
And WeRobotics has gone and done it again. We think it is allowed to run out of superlatives to applaud the lengths the non-profit drone …
Show me your drone: In conversation with ADDA's first graduate
We are sure there will come a time when the African Drone and Data Academy in Malawi will be the Harvard of Drone training in Africa, and pe…
Delta Drone dives into Zambian agriculture with Rocketfarm
Following the merger of drone-based mining and agriculture solutions provider Delta Drone South Africa drone parachute manufacturer ParaZero…
Trouble in EHang paradise
Chinese drone maker fends off fraud allegations You could say something had to go wrong for the EHang fairy tale. The Chinese passenge…
Women blazing the GIS industry with drone technology
Perhaps it was a good thing that Women and drones decided it was time they stretched their reach to other parts of the world outside the org…
Anti-poaching drone on the horizon
Robert Miller loves wildlife. So much that he is building a drone to protect wildlife from poachers. The Cape Town, South Africa based…
Update: NASA's Perseverance makes safe touchdown on Mars
203 days ago, on July 30, 2020 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Florida, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) l…
UAV set for historic Mars landing
We know this might have nothing to do with Africa but (in Spider Man’s voice, just after he was snapped back to life and reunites with Mr …
Wingcopter hops on board as Flying Labs' wingman
Weiterstadt, GERMANY – The future of delivery drones in Africa just got a little brighter. Maybe not the whole of Africa yet, but at le…