For decades, African countries have relied heavily on external powers to secure their borders.
Foreign drones patrol sovereign boundaries, international surveillance systems monitor urban centers, and imported fighter jets anchor regional air forces. '
This reliance has long cast the continent as a consumer rather than a creator of critical security hardware.
Local drone manufacturing
Founded in 2024 by Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka, Terra Industries designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), autonomous surveillance towers, and unmanned ground vehicles from its hubs in Abuja and Accra.
