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Rwanda: Beyond Using Drones, We Should Make Them Too - Kagame
New Times, 6 February 2020
Adoption and integration of drone technology can and should go beyond using them to designing and manufacturing them, President Paul Kagame has challenged African countries. Read more »
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Rwanda: Drone Experts Root for Improved Air Traffic Control
New Times, 5 February 2020
In an era of increased use of drones and ever-growing air traffic congestion, there is an urgent need for the creation of a seamless sky to ensure successful deployment of manned… Read more »
Africa Should Go Beyond Using Drones, to Making Them - Kagame
President Paul Kagame has said that as Rwanda and African countries move to adopt the use of drone technology, there should be considerations to design and manufacture Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on the continent. He was speaking at the opening of the inaugural Africa Drone Forum that is underway at the Kigali Convention Centre convening over 800 stakeholders from 44 countries.
Participants at the Africa Drone Forum inspect one of the drones by Zipline at the exhibition.
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Kenyan scientists are saying the government needs to get help from countries with advanced drone technology like the United States, Israel and Denmark to stop the locust invasion ... Read more »
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Malawi has opened the first African Drone and Data Academy, with support from the United Nations Children's Fund. The academy aims to improve drone technology skills across ... Read more »
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In a project run by the Netherlands-based Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Ghanaian rice farmers are being taught how to use drones to spray crops and map ... Read more »
