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…
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DJI has not caught a cold in the USA yet - but for how long?
We all loved Romeo Durscher as the face of public safety drones during his time at DJI. Then – terrified of losing such an influential …
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…
Introducing the DJI FPV
Do you remember those alien fighter jets in the movie Independence Day? The new DJI FPV (first person view) drone looks like a miniature …
World trade body urges Africa to stay abreast with new technology
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned against the potential of emerging technologies creating a greater…
Reality check: Unmanned Air Mobility and the challenging road ahead
We do not think any professional in the delivery drone space was under any illusions about the amount of work that needs to be done until dr…
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…
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…
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 …
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…