Droneports in Lake Victoria: Mobility Solution in East Africa

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African Cities, Architecture, Community, Density, development, Drones, East Africa, Emergent technologies, Mobility, New paradigms, Population, Report, Rural environment, Tanzania, Territory&Mobility, Transportation, Transportation Systems

East Africa’s Lake Victoria basin, home to 35 million people, is the most densely populated rural area in the world. Yet the prohibitive cost of road and rail transport impedes mobility, meaning that cargo, medicine and blood packs often cannot reach those who need them most.