Cameroon Flying Labs Newsletters 2019

1. Newsletter Q3 2019
Workshop and conference
Cameroon Flying Labs team organized a one
week long workshop on New Technology
Modules such as arduino in July. The aim of the
workshop was to inspire and empower youth on
using the new module of arduino, show them how
they can easily use it to solve problems they face
in their communities and create their own startups.
We had 15 participants. During the pratical
session of the workshop, participants were taught
how to program micro-controller to use drone and
robotic functions.
Cameroon Flying Labs also participated in a
Conference on Robotics and AI with over 150
engineers on the 9th of July.
We are planning to launch a drone racing
competition in Cameroon to help and enhance youth
on piloting of drone for humanitarian proposes.
Flying Labs team members carried out several flight
tests in the last months.
RFP: Seeking Cargo Drone
Partner for Gates-funded Project
Our two engineers, Kana Brenda and Maelle
Kenfack, are working on the first #Racing
#Drone prototype during their training and
internship at House Innovation.
Drone Racing Competition
We’re very pleased to announce that the Gates
Foundation is partnering with WeRobotics to
enable a more inclusive approach to cargo drone
deliveries. The Gates-funded project will focus on
the transportation of patient samples in Cameroon
using affordable, locally operable and locally
repairable cargo drones. Cameroon Flying Labs
will take the lead on the operations. We are now
launching a Request for proposals (RFP) to select
the ideal cargo drone partner for the project. The
deadline is November 15, 2019. Cargo deliveries
will begin early 2020. Read more at
https://blog.werobotics.org/2019/10/17/the-gates-
foundation-backs-werobotics-for-unusual-cargo-
drone-project/

2. Newsletter April, 2019
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Participants of the Conference on New
Technologies, 20th July led by with MakerLab
During the one-week workshop in July
Preparing our first flight with fast drone for the drone racing (from letf to right: Louis, Loic, and Coralie of
Cameroon Flying Labs team)

3. Newsletter Q2 2019
Training: Mapping of swampy areas for risk analysis during a
practical session of training
Mapping of swampy areas for risk analysis during a practical
session of training for Cameroon Flying Labs members: We
took aerial images of the area with the drone to identify the inhabited
area at risk, assisted by the chief of that locality and his assistant, on
the 8th of June 2019 at Bepanda, Douala, Cameroon.
The use for UAVs at the service of humanitarian actions and
services are relatively new, however it’s uses have quickly increased
into many other use cases. With the vulgarization of the drone
technology and how profitable and efficient it can be to applied for
this sector, trainings on how to better fly a drone and putting aerial
imagery to better use in order to improve the scope of humanitarian
actions has became crucial.
It is in this context that a training session was organized and was
attended by exclusively the members of the Cameroon Flying Labs.
They were given a training on how to better and safely fly a drone
during the first half of the training. Then, as the next part, the
participants had a practical session. They took aerial imagery of a
small locality of Bepanda, Douala, Cameroon. This is a swampy
area affected by floods in the rainy season, which cost a numerous
lives, causing misery and considerable damages for families in this
area. The main goal of this mapping exercise was to get the aerial
imagery of this locality in order to define the areas at risk and
provide the images to the local authority for risk assessment and for
appropriate measures to be taken. The aerial imagery was taken
with the DJI phantom 3 4k. Cameroon Flying Labs intends to take
this training to the next step and make it into a mapping project of
this whole area with appropriate tools in the upcoming months.
While on site, the local authority also highlighted a problem of illegal drug trafficking that is happening in their
locality. They requested Cameroon Flying Labs team to take aerial imagery of that zone, so that they can take it to
law enforcement authorities.
The feedback from the participants were very positive and gratifying with the practical sessions of the training
turning into a project. The local authorities pointed out that, there was an ongoing government project to rehabilitate
the irrigation system of the locality to solve the flood issue. Conclusively, the locality chief remarked that they will
be happy to work with Cameroon Flying Labs in the future. The chief also proposed to take the team to the section
of the irrigation site which is already being implemented and progressing towards their locality. Cameroon Flying
Labs will plan another activity with them as soon as possible, to assist them in the rehabilitation of the irrigation
system of these areas.

4. Newsletter April, 2019
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Cameroon Flying Labs conducted its quarterly training on how to safely fly a drone and the safety measures to
take into consideration while flying a drone. This was conducted from the 3rd to the 8th of June, 2019. The training
had 5 participants from Cameroon Flying Labs. Loic Dessap, Cameroon Flying Labs Coordinator transferred the
knowledge and experience he got from the training he did in Senegal the previous month.
Key achievement
During a practical session of the training: mapping swampy area of Bepanda, Douala, Cameroon