(Agence Ecofin) – Between the challenges of integration, modernization, extension of infrastructure and sustainability, the work over the next 4 years promises to be vast for the Gabonese Prosper Zo’o Minto’o, new CEO of ASECNA .
Gabonese Prosper Zo’o Minto’o was appointed Director General of the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar during the 74e extraordinary session of the entity’s ministers held last Saturday. This civil aviation engineer who will take office on 1is January 2025 succeeds the Nigerien Moussa Mohamed.
A graduate of the National School of Civil Aviation and the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse in France, as well as the National Higher Institute of Engineers of Libreville in Gabon, he until then headed the regional office of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in West and Central Africa. His career at ASECNA began in 1986 where he was airfield commander and head of department of the Agency in Gabon until 1995, before being assigned to Dakar headquarters as head of standardization and standardization of air navigation.
Prosper Zo’o Minto’o takes the reins of the institution for 4 years in a context of increased needs in African civil aviation, including the need to expand and modernize infrastructure, while forecasts predict growth traffic growth of 4.6% per year over the next 20 years, higher than the global average of 3.5%.
ASECNA should therefore invest more in cutting-edge equipment for aerial surveillance and technologies that can optimize passenger safety. Integration constitutes another important project in the sector, while the establishment of the Single African Air Transport Market (MUTAA) has become important in the African Union agenda.
There is also the energy transition, with the objective of zero carbon emissions, as a challenge for the new director. According to available figures, aviation contributes around 2% of global CO₂ emissions, and this rate could increase as the sector grows in Africa.
Henoc Dossa
