Expanding medical drone operations in the DRC
It was just a test drive when they started three years ago, but apparently, medical drones have been so good for the healthcare efforts of t…
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Drones as first responders? They work
Remember the story we covered last year about Canadian drone company, Drone Delivery Canada announcing that it had made successful trials to…
Another drone delivery project for Uganda
Public health officials in Uganda have launched a pilot project to test drone technology in transporting COVID-19 samples in Northern Uganda…
First vaccine delivery by drone in the USA
It has taken them a few months to get here, but the USA have decided to follow Africa’s example, and might have made its first ever COVID-…
Qualcomm avails flight platform to make your drone as smart as the Ingenuity Mars helicopter
This one goes out to all the smart people in Africa who are leading the race to make the first perfect drone made in Africa. We know we alre…
Kenya looking to lead UAM race in Africa
Our report last week about delivery drone operations catching a cold in Europe because Amazon Prime Air and DHL sneezed generated a bit of p…
Swoop Aero releases the Kite
The question of whether it is a plane or a bird has been answered. It is a kite. No; really. We are serious. Or rather, Swoop Aero …
Wingcopter makes another step forward in the US medical drone market
Denver, COLORADO — Wingcopter is growing from strength to strength as a medical drone logistics company of note in the world Having sta…
DJI gets patent for drone-in-a-box
Here is something you don’t get to read every day – DJI are behind the technology curve when it comes to base stations for drones. It…
De-mining drones gaining more traction
Twice now, we have written about how drone technology has been deployed to clean up in two African countries looking to erase the tragic rem…
Friday bits from around the world
Morning, one and all. Just a few bits and pieces on the drone front this morning, before you dash off your rest of the day. Our bigges…
The journey so far - cargo drones in Africa
...according to Denise Soesilo One of the founders of Outsight International – a consulting and project management company for the huma…