10-12 June 2026
Gaborone International Conference Centre, Botswana










Our Speakers are key influencers in the African aviation industry.
Members of our speaking faculty are chosen for their industry knowledge, experience and the insight they offer to progress African aviation.
If you would like to be considered to be part of the speaking faculty for 2026, please contact Jon Howell
Nelly Alandou
Senior Aviation Consultant, Strategy and Planning
NACO Airport Consultants
Jody Appollis
Aviation Business Development - Sub-Saharan Africa
NACO / Atana
Hassan Aurag
Brand Ambassador
Hitit
Momodou Bah
Director of Supply - Africa
AEG Fuels
Jacob Bakst
Managing Director, Transportation Division
Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM BANK)
Patrick Baudis
Co-Founder
Airline Factory
Hilka Birns
Aviation Journalist
ch-aviation
Scott Boardman
VP- Marketing
Azorra
Tristan Brouard
Associate Director
ACC Aviation
Miguel Carneiro
Chief Commercial Officer / Chief Transformation Officer
TAAG – Angola Airlines
Hilton Carty
Founder and MD
Aperture Properties
Alastair Curtis
General Manager, Africa
Archer Aviation
Joep Ellers
Airline Marketing Director for Africa
Airbus
de Villiers Engelbrecht
Chief Executive Officer
Airlink
Vincent Eva
Senior Manager: Aircraft Fleet Management
FlySafair
Sanjeev Gadhia
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Astral Aviation
Liezl Gericke
Head of International
Virgin Atlantic
Marco Goetz
Chief Commercial Officer
Discover Airlines
Basil Gygax
Sales Director Africa
TrueNoord
Raphael Haddad
President
Jetcraft Commercial Limited
Jon Howell
CEO and Founder
AviaDev
Rupert Kraus
Network & Partnerships
Discover Airlines
Keira Langford-Johnson
Business Development Director
Proflight Zambia
Geert Lemaire
Market Intelligence and Consulting Director
Airbus
Tatenda Karuwa
Account Executive
Solus Insurance Brokers
Candy Kasonkomona
Regional Vice President Southern, Eastern & Central West Africa
Hahnair
Kirsten King
Group CEO
fastjet
Patrick van der Knoop
Global VP Airline Sales
Nuvei
Passionate Lebeko
AviaDev Ambassador
Sohail Mahmood
Chief Operating Officer
Africa World Airlines
Edmund Makona
SAATM Ambassador for the Southern region
AFCAC
Hellen Mwariri Mathuka
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Kenya Airways
Thato Matsha
Head: Aviation Finance - Africa
Investec
Ariana McKnire
Director of Airline Business Development
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Sean Mendis
Director
SeanMendis.com
Mpolaheng Mohlopi
Chief Financial Officer
Lanseria International Airport
Rethabile Molatedi
AviaDev Ambassador
Dr Bao Rasebolai Mosinyi
General Manager
Air Botswana
Aaron Munetsi
Chief Executive Officer
Airlines Association of Southern Africa
Dikko Nwachukwu
Chief Executive Officer
Andara Systems
Diana Nyambura
Chief Executive Officer
Skyward Airlines
Keletsositse Olebile
Chief Executive Officer
Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC)
Capt. Kgomotso Phatsima
Founder and President
Dare to Dream
Kephas Phiri
Director Commercial Services
Zambia Airports Corporation Limited
Jonathan Pollard
Chief Commercial Officer
London Gatwick
Minosoa Tatamo Rakotozafy
Head of Aeronautical Activities
Ravinala Airports
Natalia Rosa
Tourism Project Lead
Southern Africa Tourism Alliance
Adeel Siddiqi
Head of Middle East and Africa
Cirium
Daniel Silke
Political Economy Analyst & Futurist
Political Futures Consultancy
Jason Sutcliffe
Marketing Director – Middle East, Africa & Central Asia
Rolls Royce
Daté Dovéné Tevi-Benissan
Commercial Director
ASKY
Capt Thuto Toise
Chief Executive Officer
Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana
Namhla Tshetu
Executive Manager at Corporate Services
Airlink
Girma Wake
Industry Expert
AviaDev Patron
Ellah Wafula
Founder
Association of Women in Aviation Maintenance - Kenya Chapter
Theo Wensink
Head of Marketing – MEA, Senior Director Airline Marketing
Embraer Commercial Aviation
Katherine Whelan
Chief Commercial Officer
Airlink
Adam Young
Regional VP Sales – Southern Africa
Embraer Commercial Aviation