Airline Captain Irene Koki Mutungi, commonly known as Koki Mutungi, is a professional pilot in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community.
She was the first female on the African continent to become certified as a Captain of the Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" aircraft.
[7] Captain Mutungi, who is the mother of one son born circa 2006,[7] enjoys flying and mentoring others, especially female pilots.
[8] In September 2014, Mutungi was one of 39 female pilots at Kenya Airways, out of a total of 530 and she was the designated Captain on the Nairobi to Paris route on the B787.
[7] In December 2014, she was named among "The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014", by Forbes Magazine.