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When the Rwanda government, in partnership with the American company Zipline launched an emergency medical supplies system on Oct.13, nobody could have anticipated the interest it would generate, writesThe Independent Correspondent.
The latest information is that the American government now wants to copy the Rwanda system and use it to deliver medical supplies to remote communities in the USA. In a report by Jake Bright, an America writer and author in New York City, the U.S. Secretary of Transport is expected to visit Rwanda soon to check out Zipline’s Rwanda programme and its test facility.
Jack Bright was quoting an August report in TechCrunch about how Zipline’s Rwanda program has gained the attention of the White House’s UAV initiative and tapped the Silicon Valley drone startup to test drone delivery of medical supplies to remote U.S. communities.
“We have the U.S. Secretary of Transportation visiting our test facilities next month,” said Zipline CEO Rinaudo. “With what we’ve done in Rwanda just the last month there’s been a big shift in terms of what’s possible, especially in the developed world.”
Source: The Independent
