The 2023/2024 rainy season in Southern Africa is now way past us. Or what was supposed to be the rainy season anyway; a prolonged dry spell in the region in…

In June this year, we attended the Drone & Unmanned Aviation Conference, South Africa’s flagship drone event where stakeholders in the country’s commercial drone space meet annually compare notes on…

Two Africa-based commercial drone technology evangelists have been selected to join the advisory board of drone services company, DroneDeploy’s benefit programme for charities and non-profit organisations. We have covered DroneDeploy’s…

We have held this suspicion for some time, but latest developments in New York have now erased all doubt: birds are jealousy of drones. Yes, they are and don’t you…

The fallout from DJI and other Chinese drones’ imminent ban from the US commercial drone market rages on, with first responders in the country decrying the pandemonium that is likely…

Many of us would be aware of the humanitarian situation developing in east Africa, where flooding due to heavy rains has resulted in the death of at least 420 people…

BRINC, the American manufacturer of drone technology for public safety, law enforcement and first response operations has announced the release of the LEMUR 2, a drone which the company touts…

Countries in Southern Africa – particularly those close to the Indian Ocean – have suffered devastating loss of lives, property and untold damage to infrastructure, owing to unwelcome annual visits…

Drone manufacturer DJI’s interactive rescue map, which plots areas where drones have played a starring role in rescuing human life, has now passed the 1,000 milestone. The latest statistics compiled…

Because of the heartbreaking Turkish and Syrian disaster brought about by the resent earthquake in these two countries, we figured this might be the time to look at how drone…