Financing Africa's Aviation Future III

Africa needs more aviation connectivity, but is access to capital really the biggest constraint?

With airlines earning much of their revenue in local currencies while paying for aircraft, fuel, maintenance, and other costs in dollars or euros, how should financing structures respond to that currency mismatch?

What role should African banks, pension funds, and development finance institutions play in financing aviation without simply providing rescue capital?

There is also a regulatory question: can stronger implementation of the Cape Town Convention and IDERA give financiers greater confidence to invest?

Now, we ask what needs to change to make African aviation investable.