About drone-in-a-box and other commercial drone applications
Two hundred and thirty-seven. That is the number of applications drone technology can do for humans now, as found out by research company…
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Ethiopian start-up joins the medical drone race
Meet Avion, an Ethiopian start-up on a mission to change the fortunes of medical delivery beyond just Ethiopia. Founded by three friends …
A voice from above
Remember just this weekend we were saying no drone is a wrong drone when need arises? This, after Beninese drone services company, Global…
Bridging the healthcare delivery gap in Africa: The story of VillageReach
The problems of health care delivery in Africa have for long been a conundrum that has become a study in itself. From a dearth of health …
South Africa hoping to locally manufacture drone components
A South African government official has reiterated her country’s commitment to winning the tech race, through local production of some tec…
UNICEF Namibia looking for partners for medical drone deliveries
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund must be thanking their lucky stars every day for drone technology. For drones have proved …
Cape Town fire aftermath: drones fly in to assess the damage
The Cape Town resident watched helplessly as the fire swooped on his home, turning everything in its path into ash and cinder. The fire h…
Bird counting with Senegal Flying Labs
Given developments in the drone space in Senegal in recent time, one would be forgiven to think that officials no longer need a lot of convi…
Delivery drones set for Uganda's islands
The delivery drone wave is sweeping into Uganda. This after the government authorised pilot tests for unmanned aerial last mile shipment …
RigiTech, Flying Labs in bid to kickstart medical drone logistics in Senegal
Foundiougne, SENEGAL – Swiss delivery drone logistics company RigiTech are serious about stamping their footprint on the African aerial de…
Rocketmine, RigiTech conduct drone delivery demos for health sector in South Africa
For a country that might have been the first on the continent to recognise the potential of drone technology in medical deliveries, it is as…
AerialMetric cargo drone completes longest flight yet
Madagascan cargo drone maker AerialMetric have just completed a 225-kilometre-long medical drone flight in Northern Madagascar – the longe…