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…
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Anti-poaching drone on the horizon
Robert Miller loves wildlife. So much that he is building a drone to protect wildlife from poachers. The Cape Town, South Africa based…
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 …
Wingcopter hops on board as Flying Labs' wingman
Weiterstadt, GERMANY – The future of delivery drones in Africa just got a little brighter. Maybe not the whole of Africa yet, but at le…
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…
Realising dreams, one step at a time: The story of Itumeleng Mokoena
She speaks code. Not that code. Morse code. Her name is Itumeleng Mokoena, another drone professional who got into the industry by …
Drone helps save hiker on Table Mountain, Cape Town
DJI Matrice 200 to the rescue. Video: WCGH EMS It is February 15 today; exactly two months to the day the Western Cape Government Health�…
Now you can fly a drone without GPS
The way it normally works with drones in flight is that, when you want to determine your drone’s location; track its movement or help it n…
PrecisionHawk partners with American Tower for drone-based tower inspection solutions
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA — It is understandable if engineers get antsy about having to climb the dangerously dizzy heights of cell tow…
The 2021 drone horoscope: Africa edition
We all know what the year 2020 was like to all of humanity. We were all happy and looking forward to the start of another year – then j…
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…