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<strong>August</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
ENJOY YOUR FLIGHT / 9<br />
“Protecting endangered<br />
species is a priority<br />
at Kenya Airways”<br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2019</strong> edition 160 kenya-airways.com<br />
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Larger<br />
Than Life<br />
Elephant<br />
conservation<br />
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to Take<br />
Home!<br />
Bangkok<br />
And<br />
Beyond<br />
Kenya Airways’ World<br />
Travel Awards<br />
• Winner Africa’s Leading Airline:<br />
2016, 2017<br />
• Winner Africa’s Leading Airline,<br />
Business Class: 2013, 2014, 2015,<br />
2016, 2017, 2018, <strong>2019</strong><br />
• Winner Africa’s Leading Airline,<br />
Economy Class: 2011, 2018, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Dear guests,<br />
Protecting endangered species is a priority<br />
at Kenya Airways, so we fully support<br />
the African Elephant Coalition. This<br />
group of 30 African countries will make<br />
several proposals at the CITES CoP18<br />
meeting later this month, to ensure that<br />
elephants are given maximum protection.<br />
The coalition aims to stop the reopening<br />
of the ivory trade, which five African<br />
countries are proposing, close legal ivory<br />
markets and strengthen the management<br />
of ivory stockpiles.<br />
In support of these efforts – and to<br />
coincide with World Elephant Day on<br />
12 <strong>August</strong> – our wildlife story (page 62)<br />
looks at the plight of the elephant and<br />
what we can do about it. The article also<br />
explains why elephants are vital to the<br />
environment, which is yet another reason<br />
to protect them.<br />
As consumer banking in many parts of<br />
the world begins to recover from a<br />
downturn, all eyes are on Africa because<br />
its consumer banking sector is way<br />
ahead. Much of the continent’s growth<br />
is due to mobile banking services that<br />
enable users to make payments and<br />
borrow or save money easily with a<br />
basic mobile phone. Our trend story<br />
(page 44) looks into what many see as a<br />
banking revolution in Africa.<br />
Banking is not the only industry that’s<br />
thriving on the continent. Artificial<br />
intelligence (AI), which has so far given<br />
us tools that make our lives easier, such<br />
as Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri, is<br />
entering a new research and development<br />
phase and Africa is the focal<br />
point. Foreign companies have<br />
gravitated to countries such as Kenya<br />
and Nigeria to take advantage of a<br />
young, educated population. IBM,<br />
Google and Microsoft are among the<br />
higher profile firms that have established<br />
AI research labs in Africa. Our<br />
business story (page 52) gives you the<br />
details of this exciting development.<br />
Thank you for choosing Kenya Airways,<br />
I wish you an enjoyable flight.<br />
Sebastian Mikosz,<br />
Group Managing Director and CEO<br />
Kenya Airways<br />
Image: Jeroen van Loon
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