Technology alone won't launch 'drones for good' from pilots to progress

SAN FRANCISCO — The first humanitarian drone testing corridor in Africa became operational just over a year ago.

The air corridor in Malawi is intended to be a safe space for operators to perform test flights, work out kinks, and make improvements to unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.

But while the humanitarian drone testing corridor has brought a number of operators to Malawi, the country has not seen the scale of operations needed for drones to make a meaningful difference in health care delivery, according to drone experts who spoke with Devex.

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