The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will launch of a series of workshops intended to improve aviation safety across Africa.
As Africa is the continent which indeed has the poorest safety record in the world, these workshops are aimed at helping the continent to improve safety.
IATA Workshops to Improve Safety in Africa
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has thus put together a series of Safety Training and Capacity-Building Workshops to improve aviation safety across Africa.
Delivered under IATA’s Focus Africa’s Collaborative Aviation Safety Improvement Program (CASIP), the monthly workshops and webinars will provide safety professionals with practical tools, guidance and best practices to strengthen safety management and operations.
“The all-accident rate for Africa was 7.86 accidents per million sectors in 2025. That’s an improvement compared to Africa’s five-year average of 9.37, but as this is still several times the global average we have more work to do. Through the CASIP safety workshops, we are bringing together the expertise of industry partners to foster knowledge exchange and give safety professionals with practical tools and best practices that can help strengthen safety performance across the continent,” said Kamil Alawadhi, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East.
The program launched with an in-person Safety Management Systems (SMS) Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, delivered with support from Boeing, Kenya Airways and IFALPA earlier this month. Upcoming activities include:
- August: Ground Operations Risk Management Webinar
- September: Space Debris Awareness Webinar
- October: Runway Safety In-Person Workshop
- November: GNSS RFI Awareness Webinar
CASIP therefore brings together IATA and industry partners including the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA), Airbus, Boeing, Brussels Airlines, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) as well as Kenya Airways.
Details on upcoming workshops will also be announced on IATA Connect.
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