Besa Mumba Explained
Besa Mumba (born 9 December 1996) is a Zambian pilot. She is currently the youngest female commercial pilot in Zambia and Africa.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Education
Mumba was born on 9 December 1996 in Lusaka. She started schooling in 1999 at Sunshine Primary School. Before going for flight training in South Africa, she had her high school education at St Mary's.[7]
Career
Mumba trained at the South African Flight Training Academy in Heidelberg where she acquired her Private pilot licence after two years in 2015. After an extra training at SIMU Flight in Pretoria, she obtained her Commercial pilot licence in July 2015. She then joined Proflight Zambia, in 2016, where she currently works as a First Officer.[8] [9] [10]
Notes and References
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- Web site: This 19-year-old Is Flying High as Zambia's Youngest Pilot Ever. 2016-07-12. OkayAfrica. en. 2019-10-28.
- Web site: Amazing! Teenage girl becomes the youngest commercial pilot in Zambia. Abubakari. Laila. 2016-07-13. Yen.com.gh - Ghana news.. en. 2019-10-28. 2019-10-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20191028064959/https://yen.com.gh/62603-amazing-teenage-girl-becomes-youngest-commercial-pilot-zambia.html. dead.
- Web site: Zambia : Meet 19 year old female pilot Besa Mumba. staff. 2016-07-13. LusakaTimes.com. en-GB. 2019-10-28.
- Web site: Meet youngest female commercial pilot in Africa, she conquered sky at 19 (photos). Mabel. Winnie. 2016-07-13. Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news.. en. 2019-10-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20191028070622/https://www.tuko.co.ke/153092-youngest-female-commercial-pilot-africa-19-photos.html. 2019-10-28. dead.
- Web site: Meet African High-flyers: Besa Mumba (19) and Kalenga Kamwendo (21), Zambia’s Youngest Pilots The African Exponent.. Gwaambuka. Tatenda. The African Exponent. en. 2019-10-28.
- Web site: Meet Besa Mumba Zambia’s youngest commercial pilot. Africa. This Is. 2016-07-12. This is africa. en-US. 2019-10-28.
- Web site: Meet Zambia's Youngest Female Pilot. 2016-07-18. Face2Face Africa. en. 2019-10-28.
- Web site: Proflight hire Zambia's youngest ever pilot. africa.businesschief.com. 2019-10-28.