Drones For Good.

We are an African non-profit empowering civic drone pioneers across the continent. We believe that drones -- on land, in the air, and under the sea -- give citizens powerful new ways to better understand their world and to improve public accountability.

africanDRONE seeks to empower local pilots through a self-help network that offers seed funding, skills development, resource sharing, advocacy, and networking opportunities for members. We are incubated and supported by Code for Africa (CfA), the continent’s largest network of civic technology and data journalism labs, with teams in 21 countries.

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EVENTS AND Drone camps

We partner with Africa’s leading newsrooms and journalism organizations to host drone camps in cities throughout the continent. This allows drone professionals to interact with journalists, share experiences, gain insight, apply for grants, and work on projects that would not otherwise be possible.

Drone Camps

Drone Camp: Cape Town

In Cape Town, South African journalists and civil society organisations explored mapping, storytelling and inequality-focused drone journalism, alongside regulation and safe operations. This first national drone camp introduced newsroom participants from the country’s media to hands-on flight and practical reporting applications.

Drone Camps: USA

africanDRONE delivered drone camps across the United States with partners including Google News Lab, the University of Nebraska, Poynter, and the University of Oregon. African practitioners trained U.S. newsrooms, advancing cross-continental learning and safe, professional drone journalism practices.

Drone Camp: Lagos

africanDRONE, Code for Africa and Workstation Lagos hosted a drone journalism camp in Lagos, training local journalists and community mapping experts in safe drone use, aerial storytelling, community mapping and data skills to strengthen reporting across the city.

Drone Camp: Nairobi

In partnership with IPAEA (International Press Association of East Africa) africanDRONE hosted a drone workshop and flight demonstration in Nairobi in July 2025. Our facilitators were Kenyan pilots and mapping experts from Customized Aviation Solutions, who presented conservation mapping, network building, safe drone operations, and drone technology to journalists working in East Africa.

Drone Camps: Buenos Aires & Mexico City

africanDRONE’s delivered drone training with the UNU-EHS Urban Lab. This took place in Buenos Air es’ Barrio 20 and Mexico City’s Naucalpan neighborhood, enabling community activists, government representatives, and drone mappers to visualise urban inequality, climate interventions and settlement change through aerial imagery and community-generated spatial data.

African Drone Forum: Kigali

The African Drone Forum in Kigali brought together regulators, engineers, entrepreneurs, governments, academics and grassroots organisations to advance Africa’s drone economy. africanDRONE convened the African Drone/World Bank Youth Scholars, uniting 20 innovators from 11 countries to collaborate and accelerate careers, alongside global partners exploring the lower skies’ potential for inclusive growth.