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Outlook: Rwanda's first female pilot

Esther Mbabazi

28/03/2013

Rwanda's first female pilot

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Esther Mbabazi is Rwanda's first woman pilot, flying jets for Rwandair.

Matthew Bannister talks to troubleshooting taxman Kieran Holmes about reforming  Burundi's tax system. Also Afghan American musician Omar Akram and Rwandan pilot Esther Mbabazi.

Kieran Holmes tells Matthew Bannister about an international tax career that started in Kiribati and has now taken him to Burundi. We hear from Grammy award-winning Afghan American Omar Akram, about the reaction in Afghanistan to his success. And Rwandan pilot Esther Mbabazi and her mother Ruth talk about being pioneers in their own fields.

Picture: Rwanda's first woman pilot, Esther Mbabazi (R), with her mother, Ruth.

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