Ogbomoso-born Adeola Sowemimo Becomes First Female African To Work As Pilot With Qatar Airways

Ogbomoso-born, Adeola Sowemimo, has become the first female African to work as a pilot for luxury airline, Qatar Airways and fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Sowemimo, from Ogbomoso, Oyo state, took to her Facebook page to share a throwback photo of herself as a student of US-based Sunrise Aviation Academy in 2011.

“Days of little beginning… God be praised #ihavedominion,” the post read.

Announcing the news on Twitter, African Facts Zone wrote: “Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimo has become the first Nigerian female Pilot to work for Qatar Airways, and also the first to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

A wave of positive acknowledgement, praises and congratulatory messages trailed the announcement.

Qatar Airways is one of the first in the region to introduce female pilots with women accounting for 44 percent of the airline’s workforce as at 2018.

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