Dina Dawod is a first officer on the Airbus A320 with AlMasria Universal Airlines

Irene (Koki) Mutungi is a captain on the Dreamliner with flag carrier Kenya Airways

Irene was the first woman on the African continent to become a certified captain on the Boeing 787. She joined Kenya Airways in 1995 and was the Nairobi-based firm’s sole female pilot for six years

Irene’s father was also a commercial airline pilot. He took her flying from an early age

A busy line-up of aircraft from carriers including Mauritania Airlines, Air Cote d’Ivoire and Asky Airlines at Bamako, Mali in November 2018