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Yvonne Manzi Makolo

Yvonne Manzi Makolo is the CEO of RwandAir, one of Africa’s growing airlines.

On 6th April 2018, following the decision to reshuffle the managerial cabinet of RwandAir by President Kagame, Makolo was appointed to the position of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at RwandAir.

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Makolo was appointed at a time when RwandAir is looking to expand its African and intercontinental destination network with Abuja, Cape Town and new long haul flights to Guangzhou in China and New York.