Drones and the construction world
When thinking about tech-forward industries, construction is likely not the first sector to come to mind. The industry has been notorious fo…
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Trailbazing Women: Virginie Uwimana, Namibia Flying Labs
This week on Trailblazing Women, Women and Drones Africa Chapter’s weekly interaction with African female drone industry players, Louise c…
Kim's take on security drones in 2021
Reproduced below is the 'Drone Chick' Kim James’ take on drone technology in the security industry in South Africa. You know those kind of…
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…
The women of Flying Labs on International Women's Day
For the past six years, humanitarian robotics non-profit organisation WeRobotics has been working really hard to empower local drone start-u…
Lonely at the top: women and drone technology in Zimbabwe
When drone technology gained cult popularity with a small racing community in Harare, Zimbabwe around 2016, Diana Banda was of the pioneer d…
High time the African Union gave drone technology the real chance it deserves
We have a bone to chew with the African Union. Five years after the then AU Commission chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma appointed a…
Women and Drones Trailbazers chat: Zethu Gumede
From KwaZulu Natal with love. It is Zethu Gumede in the spotlight this week, in the latest instalment of Trailblazing Women on Women and…
Leading African drone professionals in conversation
They do not waste time, do they? Just a few days ago, Women and Drones announced the launch of its first international chapter in Africa…
Drones, 5G and smart cities
With drone technology making nothing of a necessarily miraculous rise in the past year, largely thanks to the need to feel the gap left by t…
The 2021 drone regulations landscape
Ever since drone technology started making solid inroads into the mainstream commercial and industrial operations, the laws governing them h…
The case for BVLOS drone deliveries
In the below article, Elsight Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Roee Kashee presents the case for governments worldwide to allow beyo…