Drones stepping in to fill the transport gap in Africa
By Aiga Stokenberga; Economist, Transport Global Practice; World Bank Group; and Maria Catalina Ochoa; Senior Urban Transport Specialist at …
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Drone technology and the law in Rwanda, Tanzania
The following article, which first appeared on ICT Works, analyses the trajectories of drone technology development in Tanzania and Rwanda �…
Some DJI drones cleared for use in the USA
Some welcome news for DJI in the fight for security clearance in the USA. The world’s leading commercial drone maker has been going bac…
The eruption at Mt Nyiragongo
About twelve kilometres away from Goma – the capital of Northern Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – lies an u…
Drone-based STEM education for Zimbabwean kids
Drone-based STEM education has made its first landing in Zimbabwe. This follows the launch of the Drone in STEM Education project by loca…
Zipline retires the 'Robin' drone generation
You could say it has been another normal week in Ziplineland, the American medical drone logistics company that has found a home in Africa. …
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…
Cloud-zapping drones: yeah; why not?
Up until around the year 2015, the first question you got when you mentioned the word drone was probably, what does a drone do? Fast forw…
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 …
Dubai policing drones nab thousands for petty crimes
Just to show that drones work in policing operations, we share the below story, courtesy of Al Bayan newspaper. We are aware there could be …
Drone helps catch suspect in South Africa
Watch as a drone help catch a suspected burglar who had tried to break into the premises of a South African company recently. The drone b…
Ehang back with new passenger drone
The last time we covered Ehang, the Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company was reeling from rapidly declining s…