In 2022, Swoop Aero will be based in Namibia to expand medical drone deliveries and logistics services to improve access to health care. Swoop Aero’s award-winning drone logistics platform serves many communities in Africa as the continent continues to lead the way in demonstrating medical drone delivery applications on a large scale.
“Our vision is a world where seamless supply chains bring emotional and economic prosperity to all they serve,” said Swoop Aero CEO and Co-Founder Eric Peck. “Healthcare logistics is our bread and butter, and we’ve carefully modeled our end-to-end service offering from practical experience in seven different countries. We are pleased to start operations in Namibia, to take unique life-saving measures and, together with our partners, to strengthen the safe hands of healthcare providers and hospitals. “
Swoop Aero’s operating model offers more than just healthcare access, it also offers economic opportunities. Swoop will “hire and train local operations staff – and create skilled jobs and new opportunities in the region, while Swoop Aero expands to provide a variety of logistics services for both urban and rural communities and commercial customers in various industries across the country, healthcare and moreover, to offer. “, It says in the publication.
“Swoop Aero believes innovation is best driven by those it supports. We create dynamic local innovation ecosystems, seek, develop and promote talents in the country for long-term ethical operation, “said Peck wherever we are active, and will bring this ethos to Namibia.”
Active on a large scale on the African continent
Swoop Aero has operated more than 5,000 flights in Malawi and trained more than 70 healthcare workers in addition to the 12 full-time employees on site. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Swoop Aero covers 22,000 square kilometers and serves 100 villages.
“Our core goal as a company is to offer 100 million people a drone logistics service by 2025 and to increase this impact in order to make it accessible to one billion people by 2030,” said Peck. “The operation in Namibia will be the eighth country to use the Swoop Aero logistics platform. We strive to develop solutions to global challenges and are proud to continue to support new communities in Namibia. “
Swoop Aero starts in Namibia with local partners: the Namibian health service company Macquarie Medical Care, the name behind Namibia’s first telehealth service, Dr. MacQ. “Macquarie Medical Care provides the local leadership and medical expertise needed to enable both improved community health outcomes and long-term capacity building,” the press release said.
“Macquarie’s goal is to bring health within reach across Namibia through telemedicine and digital health solutions,” said Dr. Armid Azadeh, founder and CEO of Macquarie Medical Care. “Reaching remote communities with Swoop Aero’s drones is an ideal synergy.”
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