Let’s now be drone and water people

Drones

In 2016, Rwanda started using drones to deliver civilian products like blood and medical supplies to hospitals and remote health centres.

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There are some things Kenya’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union Bitange Ndemo spoke about 10 years ago whose time has come, thanks to the recent floods that have battered East Africa.

The floods killed at least 290 people in Kenya and 155 in Tanzania. They also displaced about 410,350 people in East Africa with Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Uganda and Burundi the most affected. In Burundi, months of flooding drove crocodiles and hippos onto streets and roads, making the walk along village paths in the dark extremely dangerous.