But that mission can be a challenge during emergencies, times of unexpected demand, bad weather, or for small but critical orders.
Um 2-3 out of those four will not be improved by drones!
Using drones for just-in-time deliveries will allow us to provide health facilities with complete access to vital medical products no matter the circumstance,” concluded Bwanakunu.
Including bad weather eh?
Emergencies (presumably political or military) will bring challenges of their own (since drones could conceivably be doing espionage and might be shot at), but can be routed around, and for times of unexpected demand it's a lot cheaper to store and launch many drones than it is to whistle up many trucks and drivers.
OF course the use case is limited at present due to payload limitations and so forth, but is there anyone who doesn't expect that to keep improving?
Example: http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/images/countynews/bcty-...