Somali Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation traveled to Kigali for the 6th Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition.
The exhibition ran from September 12-13 in the Rwandan capital.
Fardowsa Osman Egal, the transport and civil aviation minister, represented Somalia at the continental conference.
She said that it was an honor for Somalia to be present at the conference.
The minister hailed the great strides that Somalia has made in the field of aviation within such a short period.
The conference attracted several participants including government representatives and aviation figureheads from different parts of the world.
Manufacturers, regulators, legislators, and vendors attended the two-day conference too.
Apart from Egal, other Somali officials who attended the conference included Ahmed Moalim Hassa and Captain Ahmed Elmi Gure.
Hassa is the Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Somalia.
Capt. Gure is the Senior Advisor at the civil aviation ministry.