N’tah Harold runs an aerial photography start-up, founded in 2017. When the Covid-19 pandemic upended his original objectives for the company, he decided to pursue a different project.
He came up with two projects. The first was to use drones to monitor gatherings and remind people to comply with social distancing requirements.
The second was to equip drones with a loudspeaker to deliver messages in several local languages as part of an awareness campaign.
This is an example of how one can reorient their business to fill an important need in a time of crisis.
Mohamed Aly Diabaté was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. After obtaining a professional Master’s in audiovisual and cinema production at the Polytechnic Institute of Communication Sciences and Techniques in Abidjan. He participated in the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou in 2018 with his last documentary film entitled “Les enfants charognards”, a film that highlights the dangerous work of children from disadvantaged neighbourhoods. View his portfolio here.
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