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…
More drones for the locust fight in Ethiopia
Reeling from the conflict between government forces and fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), people from Ethiopia’…
Ready when you are: DDC's Condor good to fly
Canadian drone maker, Drone Delivery Canada’s largest drone yet, the Condor is ready to take to the skies after a second round of testing …
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…
Investigators suspect drone involvement in SA aircraft accident
These are delicate times for the South African drone industry and aviation authorities in the country – the former could really do without…
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…
UK turns to emergency drone delivery as second COVID-19 wave hits
Faced with recurring cases of COVID-19, the UK government has turned to drone technology to ramp up the transport of test kits, personal pro…
Drone-based crop monitoring for African banana farms
A new research has been published in which researchers has demonstrated the success of drone, mobile phone and machine learning technology t…