The Impact Story by Asian NGO is a coveted yearly story which captures in depth the Insights and Inspiration for Social Innovation. This year their focus was Tech For Good and captures the myriad possibilities for the Africa region to come together, collaboratively, and use technology to make a social impact on a global scale.

Arielle Molino from Intellecap Africa contributed a detailed story (page 40) on the use of drones and the opportunity it presents to entrepreneurs and startups who want to innovate and disrupt.

In the article, she highlights how drone technology has demonstrated abilities to identify crop stress, assist with irrigation management, and manage pest control more efficiently and accurately than any manual alternatives. The average smallholder farmer in Africa today has limited access to agriculture technology, and climate change means that traditional planting timelines cannot be followed. So, affordable agriculture management services through drones can be a game-changer for the 500 million estimated smallholder farmers in the world. She also goes on to share the challenges and obstacles that come in the way of adaption.