News and Events

Recent 2026 Highlights

DateHighlightWhy it matters
29 July 2026CRHMA Centres of Excellence and Multidisciplinary Research WebinarNACUAS visibility and public engagement on GeoAI, drones and remote sensing for climate resilience and disaster risk management.
July 2026Planet collaboration scopingSatellite-drone integration concepts developed around conservation, carbon, urban resilience, agriculture and research/training.
July 2026JICA Greater Lusaka RDP alignmentNACUAS/HOT use cases positioned for regional planning, transport, drainage, flood risk, green belts and peri-urban growth.
17 August 2026Agririgo/RigoTrace partnership engagementDraft MoU and agricultural plot-mapping/intelligence pilot pathway developed.
28 August 2026Institutionalisation and operations packComprehensive governance and operations package developed for internal review.
September 2026LCC citywide mapping collaboration briefCity use cases strengthened with JICA, MLGRD and prospective World Bank scale-up context.
September 2026YouthMappers UNZA-NACUAS Mapathon conceptStudent open-mapping and citizen-data activity designed.
September 2026Innovation/IP progressionEco-Guardian and ZUBA-Soil Sense reporting, IP and commercialisation preparation advanced.

Upcoming / Pipeline Events and Opportunities

Event / opportunityTiming/statusParticipation / next step
NACUAS Level 1 course pilot and LMS rolloutQ4 2026 / 2027Final approval, packaging and rollout pathway under development.
Agricultural-drone professional trainingQ4 2026Programme prepared under Hermes partnership; confirm delivery status before website publication.
Planet first pilot / Planet University engagementPipelineSelect a realistic conservation, carbon, urban resilience or agriculture pilot.
Agririgo/RigoTrace pilotPipelineProject-specific pilot, data/IP terms and implementation plan.
Eco-Guardian field validationPipelineControlled testing subject to permissions and partner coordination.
LCC/MLGRD citywide mapping and prospective national scale-upPipelineCo-defined municipal use cases, data-use workflows and funding pathway.