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The U2 frontman has just joined the board of Zipline, a medical delivery drone company that's already saving lives in Ghana and Rwanda.

By Adele Peters, FastCompany.com

On a Tuesday morning, U2 frontman and global philanthropist Bono stood in a remote field near Half Moon Bay, California, and launched a drone in the air, watching as it made a test delivery. Zipline, the eight-year-old Bay Area startup that makes the drones, uses the equipment to make emergency deliveries of life-saving drugs and blood to health clinics and hospitals in Rwanda and Ghana.

For the musician, who just joined the company's board--his first, and only, company board membership--it's the next step in two decades of work outside of his music career. "My story with Zipline actually started 20 years ago," he says, turning to Zipline's CEO, Keller Rinaudo. "How old were you 20 years ago, Keller?"

"I would have been 12," Rinaudo says.