Nigerian medical logistics startup, LifeBank begins drone delivery service

Nigerian-based medical logistic start up, LifeBank has announced the commencement of drone delivery to its methods of transportation.

The development was first revealed by founder and CEO of the medical start up, Temmie Giwa-Tuboson at the “African Business Heroes” event in Ghana which was later followed by an official announcement on LifeBank’s Twitter handle where it announced a maiden drone flight delivery in Ethiopia.

According to LifeBank, the first drone flight was supported by the Ethiopian Government’s Information Network Security Agency (INSA) and The Drones Doing Good Alliance (DDG).

READ ALSO: Hackers compromise 10m Disney+ accounts, soon after debut

Reports say the startup is also the first African-led company to implement Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) flights for healthcare logistics, meaning that it can reach into remote and previously inaccessible areas.

This is a departure from the Visual Line Of Sight (VLOS) flights where the pilot has to see their unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones at every time, unlike the BVLOS, drones which can go beyond the sight of the pilot without human interference.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now