A special 6th edition of the African aviators webinar series was held Saturday 26th February. This episode was focused on Aircraft maintenance engineers but had a special guest in Embraer CEO, Arjan Meijer who had a message for Africa, reiterating the company’s dedication to the growth of the continent’s air transport market and explaining Embraer’s investment in Africa’s next generation of aviation professionals through this webinar series
Panelists included Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, Kgaogelo Mahasha who herself is a champion for the next generation and an inspiration for women to pursue traditionally male dominated fields. Kgaogelo was also voted 29 among the 100 most influential young South Africans for 2018-2020.
As with the tradition across the series, an aspiring aircraft maintenance engineer joined the panel. Olumide Olatunji is a student at the Nigerian College of Aviation.
This webinar series was created through a collaboration between the African aviation group(on facebook), Aviadev and Airspace Africa
You can watch the 6th episode below: