Adeola Sowemimo is a Nigerian

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Career

She started her aviation career at the US-based Sunrise Aviation Academy where she graduated in 2011.

Achievements

In 2019, she became the first Nigerian female pilot to work for Qatar Airways in the

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, a region which is challenging for women hoping to become pilot. She is also the first female Nigerian to fly the

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for Qatar Airways. She is the first Nigerian female pilot to fly the Boeing 767 Aircraft across the

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, being in the same league with Kenya's Captain Irene Koki, and Ethiopia's Captain Amsale Gulau.

References

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