{"id":5268,"date":"2019-09-12T09:56:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T06:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=5268"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:32","slug":"the-drone-revolution-is-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/09\/12\/the-drone-revolution-is-here-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Drone Revolution Is Here To Stay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By&nbsp;The\nNew Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not long\nago, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) were synonymous with Hellfire missiles\nraining down on the Taliban in America\u2019s fight against terror. They also\ncarried out reconnaissance missions from a safe distance without endangering\ntroops on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today they\nhave become more like toys with all kinds of versions being manufactured.\nAudiovisual professionals were the first to unleash its full potential coming\nup with unobstructed spectacular shots from the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a time\nwhen major retailers and postal services were still toying with the idea of\nusing drones to deliver packages to their clients, Rwanda had already taken to\nthe skies, using them to deliver much needed medical supplies, especially blood\nand vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rwanda\nidentified very early the full potential of drones and it set the ball rolling\nby enacting a comprehensive set of rules and regulatory tools regarding drones\nand their operations.&nbsp; So it was the natural choice when the World\nEconomic Forum and the World Bank decided to organize the African Drone Forum\nslated for next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A drone\nflying competition will also be held, an indication that the continent was\nready to embrace a technology that will answer the infrastructure challenges\nthat affect most African countries, where lack of all-weather roads is a\nlogistic nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the drone\ntechnology continues to improve, it will be definitely a must-have tool in the\nagricultural sector; inspecting crops, applying nutrients or even eradicating\npests. The uses are endless and it should be about time that large scale\nfarmers get on board because the future is knocking at their door and they\ncannot afford to miss the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/opinions\/editorial-drone-revolution-here-stay\">original\narticle<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\">The\nNew Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;The New Times Not long ago, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) were synonymous with Hellfire missiles raining down on the Taliban in America\u2019s fight against terror. They also carried out reconnaissance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}