File: Minister for Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo.
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has outlined five key priorities he believes are critical to improving connectivity across Africa, warning that the continent can no longer afford to remain one of the least connected regions in the world.
Keyamo made the call in a paper presented on Thursday during the Annual Lecture Series of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport held in Abuja, where he emphasised that improved air connectivity remained central to Africa’s economic growth, industrialisation, and integration.
The minister, who was represented by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Olubunmi Kuku, said aviation should no longer be viewed as a luxury but as economic infrastructure capable of transforming African economies.
Speaking before policymakers, aviation professionals, diplomats, and industry stakeholders, Kuku said Africa’s enormous economic potential would remain largely untapped unless countries deliberately improve movement across borders.
