Leadership

africanDRONE is a South Africa–registered non-profit founded by practitioners from Code For Africa, Unequal Scenes, UhuruLab, MicroDrone Africa, African SKYcam and African Defence Review. The network is fiscally and administratively incubated by Code for Africa, the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism organisation, providing governance, financial management and institutional support.

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Johnny Miller

Johnny Miller is a photographer, journalist and drone pilot based in Cape Town. He founded africanDRONE and is internationally recognised for Unequal Scenes, his aerial exploration of spatial inequality across global cities.

https://unequalscenes.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/unequalscenes

Christian Onyando

Christian Onyando is a drone pilot and systems engineer, founder and CEO of MicroDrone Africa. A founding africanDRONE member, he specialises in VTOL, BVLOS and drone solutions across geospatial, industrial, public safety and creative sectors in Africa and Europe.

http://www.microdrone.co.ke/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisoriso/

Frederick Mbuya

Frederick Mbuya is a Tanzanian geospatial specialist and founding UhuruLab member, advising World Bank and government initiatives on open data, community mapping and UAV applications. He led the award-winning Ramani Huria project and advances data-driven urban resilience in Tanzania.

https://website.uhurulabs.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fmbuya/

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Code For Africa

Code for Africa is Africa's largest network of #CivicTech and #OpenData labs building digital democracy solutions. CFA gives citizens actionable information for better-informed decision making and digital tools to amplify their voices, so that they can hold the authorities (both governmental and corporate) to account.

Unequal Scenes

Unequal Scenes is a photographic project that uses drones to illustrate inequality across the world. With features in the world’s top publications, partnerships with large public and private institutions, and a large following, this award-winning transdisciplinary project cuts across the fields of art, journalism and research.

MicroDrone Africa

We specialize in drone technology in film production, geospatial imaging, industrial and scientific research and public safety sectors. We are based in Kenya and Germany and can support projects worldwide.

Uhuru Labs

Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, we here at Uhurulabs believe that with imagination, innovation and hard work Africa can be a world leader in both the application and creation of many of the technologies of the future.

Flying Robot

Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Flying Robot (Pty) Ltd is a specialist supplier of high-performance drone and UAS components, offering a comprehensive range of advanced parts, custom solutions, and expert consulting to meet the evolving demands of the commercial drone sector.

African Defence Review

From pirates to drones, detailed news and analysis of security developments on the continent.

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