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Mission: Providing youth with 21st-century skills related to drone technology and data analysis, thereby improving their employability and entrepreneurial mindset.
Vision: To give every African youth access to 21st-century skills through a network of drones and data training centers across the continent.
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- Harnessing top skills for industry transformation
In-person courses
- RPL
- CDDT2
Skills to be gained
Drone piloting
- Multirotor
- Fixed-wing
Critical Thinking
- Design projects
Entrepreneurship Skills
- With funding opportunities
Data Analysis
- Use of geospatial technology
UAV Engineering
- Multirotor
- Fixed-wing
Interpersonal Skills
- Interact with people from different cultural backgrounds
Video: Malawi Hosts Africa's First Drone Academy
Malawi month opened the first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA), with support from the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF. The academy aims to improve drone technology skills across Africa, beginning with Malawi and its neighboring countries. Lameck Masina reports from Lilongwe.
ADDA in a nutshell
The African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) aims to be a center of excellence that will equip African youth with necessary 21st-century skills while strengthening the drone ecosystem for more effective humanitarian and development response.
The ADDA course, developed by the Virginia Tech(USA) partnering with Malawi University of Science and Technology (Malawi) as its local partner , combines theoretical and practical methodologies in making, testing and flying drones. The curriculum allows young people to learn how to construct and pilot drones, to integrate them into a supply chain system and to analyze drone data. It follows UNICEF’s ‘ Drones and Data for Good’ vision, focusing on the potential of technology to positively impact the youth.
Current statistics
31
countries
1,109
graduates
6
courses
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