Africa is considered the next big buyer of airplanes in the few years to come, yet there are no plane manufacturing companies operating on the continent.
Also, with the increasing number of planes on the continent, Africa continues to buy spare parts from outside the continent or fly planes across oceans to have them repaired.
Aviation experts and policy makers say, time has come for airplane manufacturers to open shop in Africa to ease the cost of running planes and also increase sales.
According to Patricia Uwase, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure. “Africa has a lot of potential and one great untapped area is having aviation manufacturing industries on the continent.