Tag: Training Program

Global Partners training Malagasy in the use of UAS towards national development

Recognizing the opportunities drones provide for agriculture, CTA launched the project Transforming African Agriculture: Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the Ground in 2016 to provide technical assistance to start-ups across Africa. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are playing an increasingly prevalent role in precision agriculture. The technology provides farmers […]

Dr Abdelaziz Lawani presenting the project at the ICAO Workshop in Accra

Drone Academy: Providing Africa’s drone pilots with the knowledge and skills needed to use drones safely

With decision EX.CL/Dec. 986-1007 (XXXII), the African Union (AU) has established one of the most important incentives for its member states – to use drones to boost Africa’s development and accelerate transformation on the continent. Indeed, drones have been used to solve many development problems in the fields of agriculture, […]