# How to empower the next generation of pilots

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Fellows Films 2025
- Speaker: Refilwe Ledwaba
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/refilwe_ledwaba_how_to_empower_the_next_generation_of_pilots)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What does it take to fly a plane? For TED Fellow Refilwe Ledwaba, it took perseverance and drive — and an instructor who took the time to teach to her learning style. Today, as founder of Girls Fly Africa, Ledwaba is empowering the next generation of pilots, particularly young women, with the engineering skills, professional networks and hands-on experience they need to take flight into a sky-high career.

## Lectures

1. [How to empower the next generation of pilots](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/refilwe_ledwaba_how_to_empower_the_next_generation_of_pilots/feeabffcf943), 7 min (TED's player)