Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority sign MoU with African Airports Evolution Forum

Colonel (retired) Hilary K. Kioko, director general of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, will open the African Airports Evolution Forum this October in Nairobi, Kenya with a keynote address focussing on air transport liberalisation for the region.   

In response to shifting international safety and security standards, Africa’s airport and aviation leaders are striving for enhanced cross-border collaboration in order to develop the infrastructure and security protocols necessary to accommodate growing international traffic.   

Barry Kashambo, executive director of the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA) in Uganda will also lend his expertise to the discussion as more than 150 aviation industry executives converge to define the scale of planned development for airports across Africa.   

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority is joined by the Kenya Investment Authority, The Global Transport Forum, The Institution of Engineers Tanzania, The Banjul Accord Group Aviation Safety Oversight Organisation (BAGASOO) and the Kenya Tourism Board in support of this initiative to take African air carriers and airports to new heights in operational efficiencies and competitiveness.   

The forum is sponsored by Egis Avia, Thales ATM, Touchwork and Youyang Airport Lighting Equipment Inc and provides a dedicated platform for collaboration amidst African aviation stakeholders to design and develop airports that meet the new compliance, capacity and efficiency demands arising out of 21st century aviation.   

Soren Du Preez, programme director from Hypenica, the organisers of the Forum, said: “Airport expansion is now a top priority in Sub-Saharan Africa because a dynamic and systematic transportation mode to connect countries on the continent holds the key to unlocking Africa’s economic potential.”