Drone Divas is a women-only drone training programme of Goethe-Institut’s Cav’ Townships project in partnership with AB4IR Hub. The training programme is for township-based women (Mabopane and surrounding areas) between the ages of 18 and 35 offering practical training in Drone operation, coding, cinematography, and introduction to entrepreneurship including design thinking and business model canvas.
The programme will run between September and November 2021, training a total of 20 women over 2 months. A further 10 successful women, chosen on merit in the training programme will be placed in creative drone operation businesses/companies for a further three months. They will receive stipend support throughout the internship period in selected partner companies that could potentially employ the participants beyond Drone Divas programme.