Drones deployed to monitor mine protest in South Africa
South Africa may have had its first use case for drone technology application in a public tactical situation, after a local drone services c…
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Drone industry legend Romeo Durscher dies
Romeo Durscher – the colossal voice behind drone technology in first response operations – is no more. Diagnosed with cancer last yea…
Nigerian blood services agency to work with Zipline
American drone logistics company Zipline’s work with in the Nigerian health sector must be really good. It is not long since the compan…
DJI's drone docking system for vehicles
Wanna capture those travel moments, but without having to stop your vehicle so you can grab a few pictures? No? How about this: a car that c…
DJI's USA ban: Plot thickens
The running saga of Chinese drone makers' - led by the hugely popular DJI - fate in the North American commercial drone market is something …
The DJI Dock 3 is here
Yeah; the third iteration of DJI’s drone-in-a-box solution is here already. It does seem like DJI wants to make up for lost time since the…
Wingcopter hosts African delegation
Their delivery drones are making significant inroads on the healthcare and package delivery systems all over the world now, but Wingcopter h…
EHang to build another drone manufacturing plant
Chinese drone maker EHang’s latest thrust of promoting drone technology in the low altitude economy seems to be bearing fruits; with the c…
Drones, disaster recovery and insurance
Using drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in disaster management has revolutionised emergency response efforts across the globe, a Sou…
Setting drones against smuggling drones in prison airspaces
With the problem of drone technology being abused to smuggle contraband growing as it is in the UK, drone supplier and services provider Hel…
Ivorian start-up making inroads with drone-based agric solutions
From helping out small holder cocoa farmers map out their pieces of farmland, to introducing drone technology solutions to mango farmers, Iv…
Is bad regulation killing the drone industry in South Africa?
Well; this is interesting. For years, stakeholders in the South African commercial drone space have been trying all the courtship methods…