If properly harnessed the hastily mushrooming drone technology can bring about substantive contributions to Malawi as a country, a youthful computer technology expert, Luke Tchoka, has said. Tchoka, who has recently completed a B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering at India’s APG Shimla University told Nyasa Times in an interview that times are gone in the country whem drones are […]
China has given Malawi two drones to crack down poachers blamed for the dwindling wildlife in the country. The Chinese ambassador to Malawi handed over the drones to the minister of Energy and Environmental on Friday. The ambassador said China has managed to control and stop poaching because of the use of drones. “This is […]
The first medical delivery flight didn’t quite go as planned as the drone assigned to deliver blood samples from Area 25 Health Centre to Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) offices in Lilongwe crashed on April 18, 2018 at Area 25B soon after taking off. The test flight was being conducted by the Ministry of Health […]
Malawi and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has launched Africa’s first air corridor to test the use of drones in humanitarian missions. The government has launched the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in partnership with the UN children agency, Unicef. Kasungu aerodrone will be used as a test site for aerial scouting in crisis situations, […]
Malawi government and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday announced the establishment of an air corridor to test potential humanitarian use of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) also known as drones. The corridor is the first in Africa and one of the first globally with a focus on humanitarian and development use. It will […]