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AviaDev's Connectivity Update. 5th October 2026 with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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Previewing AFRAA's 58th AGA: African Aviation 2030: The Industry we need to build

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Jambojet: The Regional Challenger. AviaDev Live from Nairobi

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KAAO: Navigating turbulence through reinvention. AviaDev live from Nairobi

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Kenya Airways: Fixing the Fundamentals. AviaDev Live from Nairobi

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Future-Ready African Airports: The SITA and ACZ Investment Model

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384. Fastjet Zimbabwe's 10-year playbook: discipline, fleet simplicity, and the next stage of growth

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383. September 2026's AviaDev Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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382. July/ August's AviaDev Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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381. June's AviaDev Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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June's AviaDev Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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380. Washington Dulles International Airport. The natural gateway between Africa and the United States?

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379. From Runways to Real Estate: Unlocking Airport Investment Opportunities in Africa with NACO (Netherlands Airport Consultants)

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378. The May 2026 AviaDev Insight Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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377. AviaDev's Connectivity update for April 2026. Etihad's 6 new Africa routes and key airline moves

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376. Air Ghana: Exploring new horizons with Jonathan Appiah, Head of Corporate Affairs

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375. Gateway to Opportunities: Botswana's connectivity ambitions with Capt. Thuto Toise, CEO, Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB)

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374. Focus Africa: IATA's Kamil Al-Awadhi's vision for a brighter aviation future

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373. AviaDev's March 2026 Connectivity Update with Behramjee Ghadially and Sean Mendis

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372. From Reputation to Revenue: Building a strong airline brand with Rahsaan Johnson, brand expert

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371. Live stage session at BARSA: Leadership Dialogue: Reframing Africa's Aviation Narrative with Prof. Bonang Mohale & Hamish Erskine, CEO, Dube Trade Port

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370. ValueJet. Innovating to stay ahead by creating Viki - Their AI concierge powered by Kiu

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369. AviaDev's February 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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368. Connecting Africa with Embraer. A recap of the top 10 unserved intra sub-Saharan African routes with Theo Wensink, Head of Airline Marketing, Middle East and Africa

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367. Introducing Mentortude with Chidozie Uzoezie, Founder, African Aviation Group

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366. The Bishoftu Airport Project. The start of Africa's connectivity revolution? With Miretab Tesfaye, Aviation Consultant

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365. Exploring South Africa's aviation landscape and counting down to BARSA 2026 with George Mothema, CEO

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364. From Accra to the World. Outlining Africa World Airlines' Fleet and Route Growth with Sohail Mahmood, Chief Operating Officer

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363. January's AviaDev Africa Connectivity update and 2025 Awards announcements

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362. Cape Town's Hub Potential : Insights from Katherine Nicholls, MSc Air Transport Management Graduate

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361. AviaDev Insight Africa Awards 2025

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360. AviaDev's December 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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359. Fortifying African Airlines: Pathways to Financial Health with Raphael Haddad, President, Jetcraft Commercial

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358. Is AFCAC delivering on its bold aviation ambitions? A conversation with Adefunke Adeyemi, Secretary General

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357. From Vision to Reality: The Cape Winelands Airport Journey with Mark Wilkinson, Director

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356. AviaDev's November 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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355. Bridging the gap. Reflections on the ICAO NGAP event with 3 AviaDev Ambassadors

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354. To Gaborone and Beyond: Exploring SAA's New Horizons with Tebogo Tsimane, CCO

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353. Building a better connected and more resilient future for African aviation with SITA

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352. From Angola to the World. An update on TAAG's transformation with Miguel Carneiro, CCO

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351. Connecting Africa: A new era of regional expansion for Proflight Zambia with Keira Langford-Johnson, Business Development Director

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350. AviaDev's October 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially. PART TWO

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349. AviaDev's October 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially. PART ONE

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348. From The Gambia to The World with Haddy Faal, Senior Marketing and Communications Officer at The Gambia Civil Aviation Authority

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347. AviaDev's September 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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346. Dressed for Success: ACMI explained through The Tuxedo Framework with Andrew Lester, Chapman Freeborn Airchartering

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345. AviaDev's July 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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344. Slow and Steady Wins the Skies: The ASKY Airlines' Journey with Martial Date Tevi-Benissan, Commercial Director

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343. Dreams Delivered: Flightlink's recent regional expansion with Munawer Dhirani, Managing Director

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342. (Re)-Introducing The Fighter Pilot and CEO podcast

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341. Introducing FlySafair's latest innovation, Lindi, and talking all things fleet and network with Kirby Gordon, Chief Marketing Officer

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340. AviaDev's June 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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339. AviaDev Tourism and Aviation Connectivity Forum 25 Panel session: Moving the needle: Driving policy change to improve air access

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338. AviaDev Tourism and Aviation Connectivity Forum 25 Panel session: The power of partnership: How airports, destinations and airlines collaborate to grow connectivity

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AviaDev Africa 25 Panel session: Flightpath to growth: Rethinking ownership, market access and unlocking capital for African airlines

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AviaDev Africa 25 Panel Session "Maximising non-aeronautical revenue: Balancing revenue growth, efficiency and customer service experience in Africa's airports"

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AviaDev Africa 25 Panel session: Beyond the Headwinds: Navigating rising costs, finance hurdles and supply chain challenges for African airlines

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AviaDev Africa 25 Panel Session "AI: Friend or Foe?"

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AviaDev Africa 25 Panel session: Sweating the assets: Maximising efficiency in airline network planning

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Celebrating Excellence. Mesfin Tasew Bekele, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines receives the Ato Girma Wake Lifetime Achievement Award

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Aviation Financing in Africa: How African Airlines Are Transforming Fleet Financing with Tristan Brouard, ACC Aviation

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AviaDev's May 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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329. From Mobile Money to AI. The future of airline payments with Network International

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328. From Risk to Resilience. The Insurance and Safety Nexus with AI12

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327. Transforming Somalia's Skies and Revenues with Navpass

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326. Driving non-aeronautical revenues and customer satisfaction at African Airports with NACO

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325. Sustainability in the air. Volume Two with Dirk Singer, Author, SimpliFlying

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324. AviaDev's April 2025 Africa Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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323. Unlocking efficiency: Ensuring African airports are future ready with Selim Bouri, SITA

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322. The Sustainable Aviation Fuel revolution with AfriSAF's Kwame Bekoe

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321. African Skies and Beyond: Introducing the New Deutsche Aircraft D328eco.

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320. AviaDev's March 2025 Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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319. Rodger Foster's farewell speech. BARSA Conference, 14 March 2025

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318. AviaDev's February 2025 Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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317. Discover Airlines: Milestones reached and future plans for Africa's skies

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316. Previewing the Tourism and Aviation Connectivity Forum (New for AviaDev 2025)

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315. Previewing the BARSA (Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa) Aviation Summit 2025 with George Mothema, CEO

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314. Navigating Aviation Insurance in Africa: Insights and Best Practices with Solus Insurance Brokers

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313. Financing Africa's Skies: Challenges and Solutions with Raphael Haddad, President, Jetcraft Commercial

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312. AviaDev's January 2025 Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially,

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311. From Black Box to Glass Box: How AI is set to revolutionize airline revenue management with RTS (Revenue Technology Services)

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310. The 2024 AviaDev Connectivity Update Awards with Sean Mendis and Behramjee Ghadially

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309. Book Release "Strategies for Sustainable Air Service Development" with Editors Chrystal Zhang, Associate Professor, RMIT University and Dr Kareem Yarde, Air transport and tourism consultant

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308. Zanzibar's new horizons. Outlining the vision with Arif Abbas, Executive Secretary, Zanzibar Commission for Tourism

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307. AviaDev's November 2024 Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis, Behramjee Ghadially, and special guest Joao Po Jorge

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306. Unveiling Zanzibar's Aviation Ambitions with Seif Juma, Director General, Zanzibar Airports Authority

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305. Leadership in African Aviation: A deep dive with Jacob Rogers

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304. AviaDev's October 2024 Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis, Chief Regional Troublemaker and Behramjee Ghadially, Aviation Consultant

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303. TAAG Angola's fleet transformation and network expansion with Miguel Carneiro, Chief Commercial Officer, TAAG Angola Airlines

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302. Previewing the Cape Town - Windhoek route and celebrating 10 years of FlySafair with Elmar Conradie, CEO, FlySafair

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301. The 2024 AviaDev Ambassadors. "Your journey is defined by the heights you dare to dream."

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300. Exploring the Horizons: Uncovering Africa's Unserved Air Routes with Geert Lemaire, Marketing Director, Market Intelligence, Airbus

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299. Connecting SADC and more new routes on the horizon. A conversation with Ms Lulu Rasebotsa, CEO, Air Botswana

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298. Unlocking the digitalization opportunity at African airports with Adonis Succar, Vice President of Business Management for the Middle Eastern Africa at SITA

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297. AviaDev's September 2024 Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis, Chief Regional Troublemaker and Lorne Philpot, aviation journalist

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296. AviaDev's August 2024 Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis, Chief Regional Troublemaker and Behramjee Ghadially, Aviation Consultant

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295. A game changer for Africa? Air Asia to launch Kuala Lumpur - Nairobi. An overview of why Nairobi and why now with Paul Carroll, Chief Commercial Officer, Air Asia Group

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294. AviaDev's July 2024 Connectivity Update with Sean Mendis, Chief Regional Troublemaker and Behramjee Ghadially, Aviation Consultant

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293. Protecting profitability. Finding the right insurance solution with Denis Kulikov, Deputy CEO, AI12

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292. The evolution of representation and distribution for African airlines with Achma Asokan, Group CEO, Airlinepros