Botswana opens drone training centre
Apparently the Botswana government has woken up to the potential drone technology has for its economy. They launched a delivery drone ser…
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Opportunity for young South African women to join drone industry
We do not know whether they were inspired by American drone professional Desiree Ekstein, whom we know as the original Drone Diva, but Afric…
EU injects €15million into anti-drone project
Fourteen members of the European Union have pledged members of the European Union have pledged €15million into the Joint European System f…
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…
All DJI drones still unsafe, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON – Last month, we carried a report from The Hill, which narrated the existence of a Department of Defence report clearing some o…
New software algorithm flies drone faster than humans
Are drone pilots already being made redundant before their careers even begin? For the first time ever, an autonomously flying quadrotor …
Florida man shoots down police drone in the USA
Seems like we are on the drone crime beat today. We have just reported on the news of a Japanese fella who might be the first to be arres…
Crime of the Day: Japanese man nabbed for drunk droning
Call it what you will – Droning Under the Influence (DUI), Droning While Drunk (DWD) or drunk droning – but it is an offence in Japan, a…
Man loses drones to looters in South Africa
The violent protests that characterised South Africa in the past week may have gone quiet for now, but they left a hole in the heart of one …
Gang use drone to traffic drugs into Spain
Spanish authorities say the drone is a Chinese product, although they have not named its manufacturer. It is a really large Vertical Take…
Malawian drone start-up picks up e-mobility prize
A Malawian drone and robotics start-up has become one of the five inaugural winners of the E-Mobility Innovation Call award, after shrugging…
Drone technology and the protests in South Africa
It has been a trying few days for business owners, mainly in South African townships, who have had to helplessly watch as their business pre…