Tag: UAS
Beyond the Plan: Tapping the Potential of Drones for Urban Development
As urban areas continue to expand, with larger sizes and occupation densities, there is a need for local governments to ensure an orderly development process and manage the physical space and the environment. This entails the preparation and implementation of different types of development plans. While these are necessary to […]
Drones assessing crops in Zambia and Malawi to serve an insurance company
During the first half of 2019, iDrone Services Ltd. was part of a pilot initiative aimed at improving the provision of agricultural insurance for maize farmers in Zambia and Malawi. We supplied drone imagery data that helped estimate crop growth, and an agricultural insurance company used this information to compensate […]
Transforming Africa’s agriculture into a high-tech industry – #Video
Africa Goes Digital Inc. (AfGD) has been created in 2019 in the framework of the CTA-funded ‘Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the Ground’ project. In February 2020, the project has has been selected as a ‘Champion’ within the E-Agriculture category at the 2020 World Summit on the Information […]
Mamy Muziga Ingabire: “We came up with demand-led solutions for using drones”
Managing director of Charis UAS, Mamy Muziga Ingabire, explains how her drone services company has evolved to respond to farmers’ information needs. What led you to launch the first unmanned aerial systems (UAS) company in Rwanda? In the beginning, we never had in mind that this innovation or idea was […]
