Aviation Minister of Ghana explores possibility of joint venture with Air Mauritius
30-Aug-2017 The Minister for Aviation from Ghana, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, External Communications and National Development Unit, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, this afternoon at the New Treasury Building in Port Louis. The Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of Air Mauritius were also present during the meeting.
In a statement after the meeting, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah said that the meeting with the Prime Minister was very cordial and focused mainly on the possibility of a joint venture between Air Mauritius and Ghana.
The Chairman of Air Mauritius, Dr Arjoon Suddhoo, said that the visit of the Ghanaian Minister for Aviation coincides with the vision of the Mauritian government as regards its Africa strategy which lays emphasis on securing strong regional partnerships to accede to the next developmental level. Ghana, he said, is seeking assistance of Air Mauritius to revive the Ghana airlines. Both parties, he added, have also agreed on a business plan for Air Mauritius to expand in Africa.
For his part, the Chief Executive Officer of Air Mauritius, Mr Somaskaran T. Appavou, stated that a team of experts from Ghana and from Mauritius are presently holding talks on the way forward for the setting up of Ghana's airline. Air Mauritius, with its pool of human capital and 50 years of experience can greatly assist Ghana in this endeavour, he said.
Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah is a Leadership Development Consultant and a Public Relations Manager with a keen interest in international development, leadership and mentoring.
She has extensive experience in infrastructural development and has led several key positions in government namely Special Assistant to the President of the Republic of Ghana, Member of Parliament, Deputy Minister for Water Resources, Minister of State in the ministry of Water Resources, and Team Leader for the Transition Sub-Committee on Transportation. She is currently the Chairperson of the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure and the Executive Oversight for the Ghana AIDS Commission.