An association of professionals, led by professionals
2APA aims to bring together African professionals of the aviation and aerospace sector in order to promote excellence, visibility and the full participation of African talent in the growth of the sector across the continent.
- Founded
- April 2026
- Seat
- Douala, Cameroon
- Status
- Apolitical, non-profit association
- Framework
- Cameroonian association law, African Union instruments
Why 2APA?
Because African aviation will be built with the people who make it work.
Aviation connects the continent
Civil aviation, and air transport in particular, play a strategic part in African integration. The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063 make it a shared undertaking.
African skills are there
Engineers, pilots, controllers, technicians, managers, trainers: these professionals work on the continent and in the diaspora. 2APA gives them a place to come together, be seen and take part in the sector’s projects and bodies.
The next generation needs guidance
Aviation careers remain little known to the public and surrounded by myths. Young people and women must be able to reach training, mentoring and employment.
Our motto
An African aerospace imagined, sustained and steered by Africans
It states the association’s founding vision: African skills should design, sustain and lead the continent’s aviation, rather than only operate systems conceived elsewhere.
Our objectives
We have set ourselves these objectives:
- To act as an apolitical, non-profit organisation.
- To explain aviation careers to the African public and dispel the myths that surround the sector.
- To bring together African professionals of the sector so that they take an active part in the growth of the aviation market in Africa.
- To showcase and promote African expertise, including that of the diaspora, in aviation projects and bodies.
- To contribute to continental integration through aviation, notably by supporting the SAATM and Agenda 2063.
- To ease access to training, mentoring and employment, particularly for young people and women.
- To promote joint projects, shared experience, training and partnerships among Africans in the sector.
- To develop strategic partnerships with national, regional and international institutions.
The Executive Board
Elected by the General Assembly, they run the association day to day.
Yaninthé Tiomene
President
Safety Manager in Aviation / Safety and compliance engineer, BIFA
Data-driven Leader, digital transformation and development
Bringing Africa’s aviation talent together, so that they drive the continent’s growth rather than watch it.
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Luc Letho
First Vice-President
Engineer
Aircraft Manager A350, Airbus Atlantic
Promoting aviation and showcasing African expertise, with a lifelong passion for engineering.
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Aude Guymelle Moutsassi
Second Vice-President
Air traffic controller
Vaneck Ntantame
Third Vice-President
Engineer
Aeronautics safety & compliance management
Making the 2APA a real collaboration platform and concrete actions for the development and safety of African aviation.
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Charles-Guillom Bel-Dieu
Secretary General
Air traffic controller, electrical engineer, physicist, jurist and aviation author
Vice-president of Cameroon’s air traffic controllers’ association
Aviation by African youth, for Africans.
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Bergson Kuete Lafouet
Treasurer General
Consulting engineer in aviation meteorology
Natural catastrophe modeller, Marsh Re
Making aviation better known, along with the part meteorology plays in flight safety, and connecting the sector’s professionals.
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Papa Ibrahima Diarra
Secretary for Information, in charge of Documentation and Records
Aeronautical engineer
Graduate of ESAT, Tunis
Making 2APA a pan-African network for sharing knowledge, one that promotes talent and inspires the next generation.
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Oulianov Nacro
Secretary for Technical and Socio-professional Affairs
Aeronautical engineer
Aircraft Airworthiness & Certification
Contributing to the development of African aviation through knowledge sharing, collaboration and new opportunities for young talent.
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Moustapha Taousse
Secretary for Legal and External Affairs
Aeronautical engineer
Safety management in aviation
African aviation managed by professionals.
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The auditors
Independent of the Board, they check how funds are managed.
Mohamadi Aly Dikoudogo
Auditor
Air traffic controller
Sustainability, AI and ML for Aviation
Together, let's build African aviation.
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Cheryl Leslie Eteno Ignanga
Auditor
Responsible communication at the BEIAA
Crisis communications officer at the BEIAA
Promoting the AIG and the just security culture, supporting victims and their families, and inspiring young girls.
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Who makes up the association
We distinguish four categories of members.
- Full members
- Any African individual who works or has worked in aviation or aerospace, admitted after filing an application. They vote at the General Assembly.
- De facto members
- African individuals who work or have worked in aviation or aerospace.
- Supporting members
- Any person or organisation whose actions show their interest in the purpose and objectives of the association. Their role is advisory.
- Honorary members
- Individuals whose advice and actions contribute to the development of the association and to African integration in aviation or space. There are sixteen at most.
How it works
The statutes provide for four bodies.
- General Assembly
- The supreme body of the association. It sets general policy, elects the members of the other bodies, votes the budget and meets in ordinary session every year in May.
- Executive Board
- It carries out the programme adopted by the General Assembly and reports to it. It comprises an Executive President, three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary General, a Treasurer General and three secretaries in charge of information, technical and socio-professional affairs, and legal and external affairs. Terms last four years and are renewable once.
- Standing technical committees
- Five committees assist the Board and produce technical notes, opinions and proposals.
- Auditors
- Independent auditors from outside the Board oversee the management of funds.
The five committees
- Administration, finance and legal affairs
- Safety and security
- Air transport
- Training and development
- Integration and synergy of African initiatives
Take part
The association grows with those who join it.