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(L-R) Susan Mashibe, Marissa Mayer, and Jessica Scorpio attend TechCrunch Disrupt New York May 2011 at Pier 94 on May 25, 2011 in New York City.

Many years ago in Tanzania when Susan Mashibe was four years old, she remembers watching her parents take off in an airplane while she was left behind with her grandmother.


 “At that point,” she determined, “I decided if I knew how to fly, I would never be left behind again.” Years later after getting a degree in aviation management from Western Michigan University and becoming an FAA-certified commercial pilot, Susan planned to get a job as a pilot for a US airline.   


But 9/11 intervened, after which the aviation industry contracted and restrictions on hiring non natives tightened. So Susan Mashibe   returned to her home in Tanzania to explore a niche in the airline industry there.


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  1. AnonymousSeptember 08, 2011

    Wacha we, kasoma kweli kweli huyu mama, kawashinda hata maprofesa kwa akili ya biashara!!

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