African airlines need better governance and stronger leadership to grow and attract funding. This was the key message from Vijay Poonoosamy, Barrister and Partner of Dentons Mauritius, at the recent African Aviation Summit in Johannesburg.
Poonoosamy moderated a panel on ‘Aircraft Fleet Considerations & Legal Perspectives’ and participated in the ‘The Way Forward – Positioning for Growth’ closing session.
“Our continent’s national leaders must demonstrate their commitment to their respective national interests with integrity and allow government-owned African airlines to be effectively and efficiently run by professionals,” said Poonoosamy. “The national leaders who choose to do so will enable these national airlines and the related government entities in aviation to take off, thus enabling their countries to take off too.”
Shahid Sulaiman, Senior Partner, Head of Corporate of Africa at Dentons, added that countries that can create such a conducive environment…
