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DRONETECX Creates Access for Africa to Tap into $150bn Drone Market

- Chinedu Eze

DRONETECX, Nigeria’s Drone Technology Conference and Exhibition has promised to creat access for Nigeria and Africa to tap into $150 billion global drone market.

Speaking during the second Drone Technology Conference and Exhibition held at NIGAV Expo Center, Murtala Muhammed Internatio­nal Airport, Lagos, Fortune Idu, chairman DRONETECX 2022 said the global drone market has continued to expand on a daily basis with growth of 18 per cent Coarse Grained Reconfigur­able Array and hopes to reach $150 billion in the year 2035 and DRONETECX is creating access for Nigeria to tap into this huge market for job and wealth creation.

Idu said this millennium has seen the evolvement of various disruptive technologi­es from internet, GSM, robotic, artificial intelligen­ce, space travel and liberalisa­tion which are gradually redefining the way people do things and will in the near future direct every aspect of people’s existence.

He stated that for countries in Africa like Nigeria where infrastruc­ture is a big challenge, the micro technologi­es driven by the microwave controlled system presents the hope for catch-up with the advanced world at a fraction of cost, adding that Africa however must be ready to get involved in the backend of the technologi­es and not just at front end consumer seat.

“DRONETECX 2022 offers the platform to explore all opportunit­ies within the emerging sector and create a meeting point for researcher­s, operators, dealers, manufactur­ers and buyers to network. This year’s edition featured Open speaker’s plenary, end user’s workshop, youth seminar, paper competitio­n and drone for humanitari­an award, as well as exposition­s to drone related products and services,” he said.

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