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Zenab Issa Oki Soumaïne

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Zenab Issa Oki
Born1986
CitizenshipChad
OccupationPilot

Zenab Issa Oki Soumaïne (born 1986) is an aviator and the first woman from Chad to become an aircraft captain.

Biography

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Oki graduated with a baccalaureate in 2003, and in 2005 began to study in Sabangali for a degree in finance.[1] She later decided to move to a career in aviation and her first pilot's licence was awarded in Miami for a Hawker 900XPI.[2][better source needed]
On 3 May 2017 Oki was promoted to captain, becoming the first woman from Chad to captain an aircraft.[3] She studied at Ethiopian Airlines' Pilot Academy and completed 1,500 hours of flight before graduation.[3] At her graduation ceremony, the First Lady of Chad, Hinda Deby Itno, encouraged the audience to give Oki a standing ovation.[3] The ceremony was held at the Hilton Hotel in N’Djamena, the capital and largest city of Chad.[4]

Oki worked for Air Burkina before joining the presidential air fleet in Chad.[3] In 2019 she was employed by the president of Chad as a pilot.[5] Her achievement is seen as a role model for other young women from Chad.[4]


References

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  1. ^ InterAfrique (2017-05-17). "Zenab Issa Oki Soumaïne, la première commandante de bord tchadienne". InterAfrique/Rebranding Africa Media (in French). Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  2. ^ "Zenab Issa Oki Soumaïne, 1ère femme commandante de bord au Tchad". Africa Top Success. 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  3. ^ a b c d "Site Officiel de la Présidence de la République du Tchad | AVIATION CIVILE : UNE PREMIERE AU TCHAD !". www.presidence.td. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  4. ^ a b "Zenab Issa Oki Soumaine, 1ere femme tchadienne commandante de bord".
  5. ^ "Ces Africaines qui réussissent dans le monde de l'aviation". Portail Afrique! (in French). 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2020-03-03.