November 22, 2016
Egypt: Collaboration Drives ICT Innovation in Egypt
When technology or entrepreneurship articles are written about the next “Silicon X”, Egypt is always on the list. And it’s no wonder, there are hundreds and… Read more »
November 21, 2016
Egypt: Expanded GE Oil & Gas Service Facility for a Growing Egyptian Industry
Egypt’s upstream oil and gas sector continues to be a major bright spot for the country’s economy, following a string of new discoveries in 2015. It’s a… Read more »
November 17, 2016
Africa: GE Africa and The USADF Launch 2017 Off-Grid Energy Challenge For Women in Energy
A lack of financial support for Africa’s power generation needs has several negative ramifications for the continent, with the most significant one being that it stalls… Read more »
South Africa: This Is What We Call Data Mining: Software Is Helping This Platinum Operator Boost Production
As operations manager at a South African platinum mine, Percy French has faced huge challenges over the past few years because of volatility in commodity prices. The price of… Read more »
November 15, 2016
Africa: Transnet and GE Transportation Working Together to Digitize Africa's Supply Chain
Transnet has partnered with GE Transportation to create a digital solution that will seamlessly connect shippers and transport operators to enable an efficient movement of goods. Read more »
November 09, 2016
Africa: Ado Oseragbaje: Localisation Is Key to GE's Development of Its Oil & Gas Businesses In Sub-Saharan Africa
GE’s new President and CEO of Sub-Saharan Africa for Oil & Gas, Ado Oseragbaje, is optimistic about the future of GE in enabling and developing an industrial… Read more »
November 10, 2016
South Africa: GE Africa Digital Day Gathers Industry Leaders To Focus On Africa's Technological Opportunities
Africa must invest in infrastructure that will ease the process of digital transformation, said South African Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Dr Siyabonga Cwele,… Read more »
November 09, 2016
Africa: Innovation at Work: End October Marked 120 Days of the GE Africa Innovation Center (AIC)
October was a very special month for us at GE AIC. While our building was branded by GE Healthcare with glorious banners promoting Breast Cancer Awareness Month – and… Read more »
November 08, 2016
West Africa: Acumen and GE Support Social Enterprises across East and West Africa to Build Inclusive Businesses that Tackle the Problems of Poverty
Since 2001, Acumen has invested more than $35 million in 31 companies in East and West Africa working in agriculture, energy, health care, clean water and sanitation to better… Read more »
November 03, 2016
Egypt: GE Oil & Gas Expands its Services Facility in Egypt in Cooperation with GAFI
GE Oil & Gas to expand its services facility in the industrial free zone with an additional 2,000 square meters The expanded facility will handle the assembly,… Read more »
November 04, 2016
Nigeria: GE Records Localisation Landmark With Major Gas Turbine Repair In Nigeria
Africa’s largest cement plant in Obajana, north central Nigeria, owned by the Dangote Group, produces up to 30, 000 tons of cement daily. It will now record a major… Read more »
November 03, 2016
Africa: GE Africa Innovation Centre & Lionesses of Africa Women Entrepreneurs' Challenge
Join us as we Innovate and Invent…In Africa… For Africa Read more »
October 31, 2016
Africa: GE and Baker Hughes To Form New Fullstream Digital-Industrial Service Company
GE and Baker Hughes agreed to combine GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hughes to create a world-leading oil and gas technology and services provider. The new name of the company will be… Read more »
November 03, 2016
Africa: How Digital Industry Can Solve the Sustainable Development Goals
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Kenya: Kenya's Mary Arende Talks about GE Investing in its People with the XLP Programme
GE is playing an active role in empowering and shaping the careers of their employees as future leaders. Training programmes have been developed to ensure employees receive as much… Read more »
October 28, 2016
Africa: How The Global GE Team Came Together For A Uniquely African Innovation Centre
The GE Global Operations Properties team was tasked with planning, designing and building the Africa Innovation Centre (AIC), after evaluating the results and key… Read more »
October 18, 2016
Africa: South African Jay Caboz wins GE Energy & Infrastructure Award at CNN Multichoice African Journalist Awards 2016
Caboz, a writer for Forbes Africa, in South Africa, won for his piece ‘40 Years of Mozambique - The Dead Port that Rose Again’ which was chosen from entries spanning 38… Read more »
September 29, 2016
Algeria: Algerian Startups Prototype Their Concepts at GE Garages
For many early-stage startups, not being able to refine a prototype because of the costs involved can put an end to even the best ideas. Recognizing this, GE Garages in Algeria is… Read more »
September 24, 2016
Africa: Turn Me On: The World's Largest Powerships Are Helping To Electrify Asia, Africa
A floating power plant isn't something you see every day. The massive ships look like plants you'd see on land complete with tall exhaust stacks—except these plants are… Read more »
Africa: Supporting Trade, Not Aid, In Africa
When it comes to Africa, President Obama's mantra has always been "trade not aid." Two years ago he put that idea into practice at the first U.S. – Africa Business… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique's President Had Encouraging Words for GE at a Recent Trade Fair
Trade fairs are vitally important for multinational companies such as GE because they provide a platform for conducting business on a national and international scale, essentially… Read more »
Angola: In Angola, Boots Are Made For Running As Staff Raise Funds For Two Orphanages
The GE Angola team made sure their boots were made for running this September, when staff members took part in a gruelling 84km marathon along Luanda Bay. They jogged, walked and… Read more »
September 22, 2016
Africa: GE Africa President/CEO, Jay Ireland Appointed as Chair of President Obama's Advisory Council on Business Priorities for Africa
The appointments are announced in conjunction with the second U.S.-Africa Business Forum Read more »
September 21, 2016
Africa: GE Reinforces Commitment to Africa at 2016 U.S.-Africa Business Forum
The African growth story is still real. Read more »
September 18, 2016
Africa: Solar Has Big Limitations, But This Wonder Material May Change That
Three years ago, Oxford University physicist Henry Snaith, one of the earliest researchers of perovskite, said that material would usher in a "new era for low-cost,… Read more »