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Drone Space holds inaugural graduation ceremony for over 40 students
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Drone Space, a Kenyan unmanned aircraft systems training organization, has graduated over 40 students at the inaugural East and Central African drone pilots’ graduation. The pilots received their Remote Pilots Licence (RPL) certificates from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA). This allows them to operate drones in Kenyan national airspace.
Drone Space is a licensed and certified Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Organization (UTO) by the KCAA. The organization hopes to train over 1000 drone pilots in our Remote Pilot Licence (RPL) Training Course by 2022, with drone pilot training facilities in Nairobi.
Speaking at the graduation, Walid Badawi, UNDP Resident Representative in Kenya said, “Today’s graduation is the country’s first, but it represents an important step forward in the country’s efforts to harness the use of this new technology. Drone Space is committed to assisting in the gr
Drones help farmers to cut spraying costs
Thursday April 29 2021
By GERALD ANDAE
For many years in Kenya, farmers have relied on handheld sprayers or surveyors in mapping their farms or application of chemicals as countries such as Ghana, Rwanda and South Africa have for years been using drone technology for these activities.
However, the recent legalising of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, has come as a major boost to the farming community.
Farmers are now accessing this technology, which has been touted to cut costs and save on time taken to perform activities such as farming.
Several firms have come up to offer these services with large-scale farmers embracing the technology.
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