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Drone of Reason (34 results)

The future of drone pilots

Perhaps it is something that needed saying – and now somebody has said it aloud. Just a Remote Pilot Licence is not enough to give some…

Published Jul 7, 2023

Drone training schools in Africa

We have been getting a lot of enquiries from readers who wish to know where they can get training for various occupations in the drone space…

Published May 1, 2023

Latest on investment in drone technology

Our friends over at Drone Industry Insights have released their drone investment report for the past year. Although not doing so at a ra…

Published Mar 22, 2023

Drones as first responders

Because of the heartbreaking Turkish and Syrian disaster brought about by the resent earthquake in these two countries, we figured this migh…

Published Feb 27, 2023

Policing drones for Gauteng, South Africa

Sometimes you just have to laugh. It might sound incredible, but we can assure you that even before we started perusing the State of the …

Published Feb 21, 2023

Investing in the drone business

Africa might not be there yet when it comes to the design and manufacturing side of things; but it will always take some of the credit for p…

Published Dec 1, 2022

Wingcopter opens new hub in Malawi

There was a flurry of activity on a piece of land just outside Ntchisi District Hospital in central Malawi in the past few months. A grou…

Published Jan 26, 2022

Four days until #DUACon2021

It is looks set to be a really important week for the drone community in Southern Africa, with the Drones and Unmanned Aviation Conference (…

Published Jun 21, 2021

Calling on you, drone family...

Morning all. A bit of a heavy one to start today. We have a dream for the story of the drone in Africa. Not the war drone, no. Africa …

Published Apr 20, 2021

The case for medical drones in Africa

Morning folks. Today our attention has been drawn to a report from Zimbabwe, in Southern Africa where NewZWire reports that the governmen…

Published Mar 16, 2021