PODCAST: Philips Durojaiye of Titan Air Mobility on How eVTOL Technology Can Bridge Africa’s Transport Gaps

In this episode, we sit down with Duro­jaiye Phillips, a patent inven­tor, prod­uct strate­gist, and one of Africa’s lead­ing voic­es for Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty.

Duro­jaiye is the founder and CEO of Titan Air Mobil­i­ty, a com­pa­ny with a bold vision; to build what he calls ‘rail­ways in the sky.’

From build­ing his first RC air­plane at just eight years old to devel­op­ing hybrid jet engines in his teens, Durojaiye’s mis­sion is to bridge Africa’s trans­port and logis­tics gaps using elec­tric and eVTOL air­craft.

In the con­ver­sa­tion, he explains how Titan Air Mobil­i­ty is tack­ling some of Africa’s biggest chal­lenges — from poor road infra­struc­ture to lim­it­ed rur­al con­nec­tiv­i­ty — by devel­op­ing car­go-first air­craft that can car­ry up to 300 kilo­grams across 300 kilo­me­ters.

He also talks about design­ing mod­u­lar car­go pods that make it eas­i­er to move goods seam­less­ly from air to ground trans­port.

Duro­jaiye adds his per­spec­tive on Africa’s readi­ness for inno­va­tion. Unlike many West­ern coun­tries still nav­i­gat­ing com­plex reg­u­la­tions, he says African reg­u­la­tors are open and eager to col­lab­o­rate, mak­ing the con­ti­nent one of the most promis­ing test­beds for advanced air mobil­i­ty.

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