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title: How Rwanda Built A Drone Delivery Service — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/how-rwanda-built-a-drone-delivery-service/
date: 2019-01-26
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# How Rwanda Built A Drone Delivery Service

 One of the world’s first drone delivery services is all the way in rural Rwanda, where 27 year-old Abdoul Salam Nizeyimana earns a living by launching and retrieving self-flying planes. Nizeyimana was drawn to not only the technology of his employer Zipline but also its mission: to deliver blood to remote hospitals, helping doctors save their patients’ lives. Like many in Rwanda, Nizeyimana survived a harrowing tragedy to get to where he is today.