IATA launches ‘Focus Africa’ to strengthen Africa’s aviation sector

In an attempt to strengthen Africa’s aviation sector, International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched a new initiative called ‘Focus Africa’ to align private and public stakeholders to contribute towards Africa’s aviation sector. The initiative will help increase aviation’s contribution to Africa’s economic and social development and improve connectivity, safety and reliability for passengers and shippers “Africa accounts for 18% of the global population, but just 2.1% of air transport activities including cargo and passenger. Closing that gap, so that Africa can benefit from the connectivity, jobs and growth that aviation enables, is what Focus Africa is all about,” said