{"id":24351,"date":"2022-12-16T14:38:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=24351"},"modified":"2022-12-16T14:38:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:38:45","slug":"zipline-and-the-government-of-rwanda-announce-new-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/zipline-and-the-government-of-rwanda-announce-new-partnership\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Zipline and the Government of Rwanda Announce New Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Zipline has announced a new partnership with the Government\nof Rwanda that aims to complete nearly 2 million instant deliveries and fly\nmore than 200 million autonomous kilometers in Rwanda by 2029. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zip after launch.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Under the new partnership, Rwanda will triple its delivery\nvolume by adding new delivery sites in rural and urban locations throughout the\ncountry and opening up Zipline\u2019s service to other government entities. In doing\nso, Rwanda is bringing innovative and environmentally friendly logistics and\ndelivery to the country, and it will be the first country in the world with the\nability to make autonomous instant deliveries to its entire population. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What started with blood six years ago, now includes\nmedicine, medical supplies, nutrition and animal health products. This new\npartnership expands that foundation to support the country\u2019s financial,\ne-commerce and tourism industries. In fact, any agency within the government,\nincluding the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, the Ministry of\nInformation Communication Technology, the Rwanda Development Board, the Rwanda\nMedical Supply, and the National Child Development Agency, can use Zipline\u2019s\ninstant logistics and delivery system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith this new agreement, we will be incorporating Zipline\ninto many aspects of our national operations from providing a reliable\nhealthcare supply chain, to addressing malnutrition, to creating an\nunforgettable eco-tourism experience. Rwanda is an innovation hub and we\u2019re\nthrilled to be the first country in the world to launch a national drone\ndelivery service,\u201d said Clare Akamanzi, Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda\nDevelopment Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zip package drop.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

From its distribution centers in Muhanga and Kayonza,\nZipline delivers 75% of the country\u2019s blood supply outside of Kigali. Because\nof Zipline\u2019s instant delivery network, more than 400 hospitals and clinics get\nblood, medication and the supplies they need within minutes of ordering, giving\nthem the ability to treat both everyday medical conditions and emergencies. In\nfact, using data from Rwandan public hospitals, researchers from the University\nof Pennsylvania, found an 88% reduction of in-hospital maternal deaths due to\npostpartum hemorrhage as a result of Zipline\u2019s logistics and delivery system.\nSimply put: more mothers are alive because they were at a medical facility that\nrelies on Zipline\u2019s instant delivery network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstant logistics has saved thousands of lives and is\nsolving some of the world’s most important problems \u2013 hunger and malnutrition,\nroad congestion and environmental pollution, and lack of access to healthcare,\u201d\nsaid Daniel Marfo, Senior Vice President and Head of Zipline\u2019s Africa business\nand operations. \u201cWe are honored to expand our relationship with our first\ncustomer to support additional sectors of government and create more impact\ntogether.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year alone, the Ministry of Agriculture delivered more\nthan 500,000 doses of animal health vaccines and more than 8,000 units of swine\nsemen to vets and farmers, using Zipline. Access to animal husbandry products\nhas increased the fertility rate among farmers using Zipline deliveries by 10\npercent, compared to the national average. Farmers can raise more pigs with a\nhealthier genetic profile, grow their businesses, and ultimately provide better\naccess to protein for communities and improve population health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zip recovered.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Zipline currently operates on three continents and completes an instant delivery on behalf of businesses and governments every two minutes. To date, Zipline has delivered more than 450,000 packages, more than 4.5 million products, and flown more than 30 million autonomous miles. Each flight produces about 30 times less CO2 emissions per mile than an average electric vehicle and up to 98% less CO2 emissions than a combustion engine vehicle, according to company estimates. The company\u2019s instant logistics system is used globally to support the medical, health and retail sectors, delivering blood, vaccines, COVID supplies, prescriptions, e-commerce and retail items, food and products that support human and animal health. To learn more about Zipline, visit flyzipline.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zipline has announced a new partnership with the Government of Rwanda that aims to complete nearly 2 million instant deliveries and fly more than 200 million autonomous kilometers in Rwanda by 2029. Under the new partnership, Rwanda will triple its delivery volume by adding new delivery sites in rural and urban locations throughout the country […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/RW-Distribution-Center-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24356,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24351\/revisions\/24356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}