17 Aug 2026

The ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—”), ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ, officially presided over the opening of the ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ (๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—Ÿ), the ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜, at EASA. The opening ceremony was also graced by ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—ž๐—”๐—ง๐—–๐—”).

The programme is delivered through a strategic collaboration between EASA/KCAA and EAMAC, bringing together Air Traffic Controllers from across Africa.

The 9th cohort comprises participants from ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ฅ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ, ๐—–รด๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฑโ€™๐—œ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ, ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ, ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ผ, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ-๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ-๐—•๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜‚.

The AVEL programme is designed to strengthen Aviation English language proficiency among Air Traffic Controllers, enhancing effective communication, listening and speaking skills, phraseology, and operational communication in support of safe and efficient air traffic management.