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Kenya in line for drones to distribute medical equipment as Ghana launches drone medical equipment distribution

A Zipline medical equipment distribution drone during launch in Ghana [photo by  JOE OMBUOR]

The Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Zipline International, an American based medical products delivery company Mr Keller Rinaudo has announced that Kenya is among the African Countries that are considering delivery of medical products using drones.

Speaking in Ghana on the sides of  the launch of a medical drone project, Mr Rinaudo said negotiations with Kenyan authorities to start the project rolling were alive and at an advanced stage. “Neighbouring Uganda is equally on course for the futuristic, efficient medical delivery system that has saved many lives in Rwanda where Zipline launched its first African project three years ago,” he stated.

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