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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ADDA alumni blazing own path in Malawi
At the Africa Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) – the first and to date the only school in Africa dedicated to teaching African youth about dr…
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…
Deloitte's steps to scaling sustainable drone delivery operations in Africa
It seems like there is trouble in paradise for most drone delivery projects in Africa. Not for Zipline though. Zipline’s operations …
Zimbabwean agric drone start-up happy to be flying over fields again
The last time they were out, the maize crop in Zimbabwe was just a green shoot feeling the sun’s warmth for the first time and barely a fe…
Drones surveying damage to the West African coastline
None of the drones being used to map out the scale of land degradation on the west African coastline have yet to endure the drowning ordeal …
Drones and their place in dangerous working environments
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation into an accident where a Squirrel helicopter struck a powerline pole and crushed …
FPV drone flies over boiling Iceland volcano
A volcano that has been sleeping peacefully for the last 800 has blown its crater in Iceland – and a drone was there to capture some incre…
In conversation with Sonet Kock
Sonet Kock knows the law. Especially as it applies to drone technology in South Africa. Bottom line; you wanna listen to Sonet talking d…
Uganda Flying Labs try hand on livestock management using drones
Remember those good old days of our fledgling boyhood lives in rural Africa? Days filled with youthful exuberance innocence, which we spe…
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…