Minister of Aviation Mrs Fidelia Njeze will attend the 16th edition of the annual Aviation and Allied Business Leadership Conference which is scheduled to hold in Gaborone, from August 29 to 31 at the serene Gaborone International Convention Centre Grand Palm Resort Gaborone, Botswana.

The conference which has the theme: “Air Transport in Africa ; The challenge of Leadership“ will address the issues that will help to promote dynamic leadership both in the private and public institutions that will enable the aviation industry to achieve sustainable growth.

According to Captain Edward Boyo, publisher of Aviation and Allied Business, the convener of the conference said that the economic downturn in recent years has affected the aviation industry adversely in Africa since 2008. He said that security and safety have remained issues that call for collective decisions and leadership re – orientation across the industry stressing that the conference will explore collective strategies to drive forward the industry in Africa.
He said that the conference will look at issues of airline management and turnaround strategies, airports enhancement and infrastructure renewal, safety and security as well as emerging policy issues and sustainable capacity building.

Captain Boyo noted that the conference will also address the issue of leadership as one of the major drawbacks of the continent. He stressed that leadership manifest in all areas in the aviation industry from regulation, airports and infrastructure management, airspace management to airlines.

“ The conference will look at how other continents have overcome this challenge and the imperatives for creating a pool of visionary leadership for the air transport industry as a vital underpinning for the growth of the industry“ he added.

Captain Boyo said that the conference will be opened by the president of Botswana, Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Lan Khama and that other top personalities in the aviation industry in Africa will be in attendance.