African Drone Forum

Mapping and GIS applications are one of the largest business verticals in the drone industry, and mapping drones represent a significant market.  The South Korean manufactured Remo-M is an award-winning and unique mapping solution – and if you haven’t yet seen it, you’ll want to.  As a recent winner of …

image courtesy African Drone Forum The African Drone Forum held a virtual awards ceremony this morning to name the winners of the Lake Kivu Challenge.  All of the participants are winners in the African drone industry, having had the opportunity to demonstrate cutting edge technology in real world scenarios before …

Isabelle Umugwaneza, Deputy Managing Director, Rwanda Airports Company. Image courtesy African Drone Forum. The oldest discovered calculator in the world is the 20,000 year old Ishanga bone, found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Africa is sometimes referred to as the cradle of mathematics.  So while the theme of …

image courtesy African Drone Forum The drone industry is an increasingly tough business.  As the industry begins to mature, it can be more difficult for startups to get a seat at the table to partner with government agencies and large customers – and that’s an environment that limits innovation. That’s …

image courtesy African Drone Forum In Africa, locally-based drone trainers and professional operators at the Flying Labs are working to emphasize the power of drone technologies for local communities – by training both local students and government officials. The Flying Labs global network of local knowledge hubs is part of …

The African Drone Forum (ADF) is underway in Rwanda, and UK insurtech startup Flock is working with the World Bank, UK Aid, the World Economic Forum, the Government of Rwanda, and other conference partners to cover all drone flights associated with the ADF. That coverage includes the insurance required for …

Lake Kivu Challenge: Courtesy African Drone Forum The African Drone Forum (ADF) officially kicked off today in Kigali, Rwanda, and drone businesses from around the world were there to demonstrate their technology to heigh level African stakeholders.  (Livestream the ADF events here.) Africa represents a huge opportunity: both for communities …

The African Drone Forum takes place February 5 – 7 in Rwanda.  (It’s not too late to register here!)  It’s a significant event for the global drone industry, humanitarian agencies and the African drone sector as regulators, agencies and technology service providers come together to learn from each other – …

  image courtesy African Drone Forum The African Drone Forum: February 5 – 7, 2020.   Register here!  The commercial drone industry has developed rapidly over the last five years: and governments, humanitarian organizations and enterprise companies all over the world are working to best utilize the technology to help …