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Africa's Drone Delivery Rush

How drones are helping African citizens access healthcare, and why your car could soon be another way for companies to gather and trade data about you. Presented by Zoe Kleinman.

Keller Rinaudo of Zipline tells us how drones are helping African citizens to access healthcare and reveals plans to expand his drone delivery service to Tanzania. Plus, we speak to David Paja of automotive technology giant Delphi about why your car could soon be another way for companies to gather and trade data about you. And we get the latest on the gadgets on show at the IFA tech fair in Berlin in time for the holiday shopping season. Presented by Zoe Kleinman, with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ technology reporter Mary-Ann Russon, and special guest Thomas Tamblyn, tech editor of HuffPost UK.

(Image: A Zipline technician prepares a delivery drone for launch near Kigali, Rwanda. Credit: STEPHANIE AGLIETTI/ AFP/ Getty Images).

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Fri 1 Sep 2017 19:06GMT

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