EHang’s pioneering pilotless eVTOL flight in Africa

At the flight site, Rucheng Lu, Chief Engineer of EHang, introduces the features of the EH216-S to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Rwandan Minister of Infrastructure Dr. Jimmy Gasore, Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda Wenqi Gao and other guests

EHang Holdings Limited, a global leader in urban air mobility (UAM) technology, marked a historic achievement by conducting the first pilotless, human-carrying electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flight in Africa.

Drone vaccine delivery in Africa

Regarding vaccines, in addition to whether they are available and who delivers them, logistics is one of the biggest challenges, especially in hard-to-reach places, which is why a San Francisco company, along with the WHO’s Equal Vaccine Distribution Organization, delivers vaccines in Ghana. Zipline is scheduled to deliver 2.5 million AstraZeneca vaccines to hard-to-reach parts of the country this year.