Nigeria: GE Launches "Garages" Skill-Building Centre in Nigeria

Garages Nigeria will run from 23 June to 11 July at GE's regional headquarters in Lagos, and will expand into a program dedicated to training skilled entrepreneurs, employable… Read more »

Nigeria: GE Launches Kujenga Citizenship Programme at WEF Africa

GE launches citizenship program, GE Kujenga at WEF Africa The three main pillars of the program are Empower, Equip and Elevate Through Kujenga, GE is committed to building… Read more »

Nigeria: GE Foundation, Duke University World Healthcare Tech Lab, and Engineering World Health Establish Biomedical Equipment Training Program in Nigeria to Build Skills and Improve Capacity

The GE Foundation, in collaboration with the Developing World Healthcare Technology Laboratory at Duke University and Engineering World Health, is developing a new Biomedical… Read more »

Nigeria: Innovative $20 Million Partnership at the World Economic Forum to Reduce Preventable Child-Maternal Deaths in Nigeria

Partnership sees formation of the new Healthymagination Mother & Child Initiative aimed at tackling maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria – one of Africa's biggest… Read more »

Africa: GE Launches Kujenga Citizenship Programme at WEF Africa

GE launches citizenship program, GE Kujenga at WEF Africa The three main pillars of the program are Empower, Equip and Elevate Through Kujenga, GE is committed to building Africa's… Read more »

Africa: Family Matters: GE Technology Helps Healthcare Providers in Africa

The rural health clinic in Kimalamisale, Tanzania, sits at the end of a rutted sandy road some 160 miles from the nearest large town of Kisarawe. Although the brightly colored… Read more »

Uganda: Brine Science: How Salt and Ingenuity Purify Water for Thousands in Asia and Africa

Early last summer, Sister Mary Ethel Parrot dropped by the office of WaterStep, a Louisville charity fighting waterborne disease around the world, and picked up a pair of tote bags… Read more »

Algeria: Postcards from Tatooine: Modified GE Jet Engines Give Algeria's Desert Province Power Lift

The Tatooine-like landscape of the M'Sila province in northern Algeria provides the country's Mediterranean coast with a rugged bulwark against the encroaching Sahara desert.… Read more »

Nigeria: GE Attributes Global Human Resource Leadership to Corporate Philosophy

Lagos, Nigeria: General Electric (GE), a global technology and infrastructure company says its global rating as the world's best company for leadership is due to its human resource… Read more »

Nigeria: GE and Bank of Industry Announce Plans to Support SMEs

GE and Bank of Industry Announce Plans to Support SMEs $500 million available for SMEs SMEs in infrastructure sector to benefit Read more »

Nigeria: GE and Transcorp Commit to Improve power Generation in Nigeria

Agreements will dramatically increase capacity at the Ughelli power plant in 2014 Read more »

Kenya: Three Nigerian And Three Kenyan Companies Are Winners of the Inaugural GE USADF Off-Grid Energy Challenge

Winners to receive up to $100,000 to support their Initiatives. Winners were chosen for demonstrating new business models to deliver sustainable, renewable energy to under-served,… Read more »

Africa: GE Africa President and CEO wins Africa Investor's International Business Leader of the Year 2013 Award

GE Africa CEO wins International Business Leader of the year 2013 award, in GE Africa wins the Employee and Human Capital Investor of the year 2013 award The awards are presented… Read more »

Ghana: General Electric Restates its Commitment to Boosting Ghana's Energy Sector

GE aims to support the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to generate 1000 Megawatts of power over the next five years. GE plans to develop Power Park in collaboration with partners… Read more »

Tanzania: GE Equipment Donation to Tanzania's Pregnant Women

Equipment worth $87 000 USD (140 940 000 TZS) donated to Tanzanian hospital Equipment allows pregnant women in rural Tanzania access to ultrasound services Read more »

Angola: GE / Angola Sign MOU on Rail and Aviation, GE to supply Approximately 100 Locomotives Over 5 years and Refurbish Current Fleet

15 GE C30ACi locomotives to be supplied over the next 12 months. GE U20C's Brazilian built locomotives to be refurbishment within 12 months. Approximately 85 GE C30ACi locomotives… Read more »

Nigeria: GE Boosts Distributed Power Efforts with Improved Service Centre in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Port-Harcourt In furtherance of its strategic drive to significantly improve the local content of its respective businesses in Nigeria, leading global Infrastructure and Technology… Read more »

Mozambique: General Electric (GE) Donates Over 1,500 000.00 MZN to Mozambican Flood Victims

GE made the donation of $50 000 to the International Red Cross - Mozambique Donation will go towards assisting over 200 000 victims of the recent floods that hit Southern… Read more »

Kenya: GE Launches the First GE Africa Learning Advisory Board with Focus on Local Technical Skills Development

The GE Africa Learning Advisory Board will provide strategic direction and advice on GE Africa's local skills development strategy. The GE Africa Learning Advisory Board is a First… Read more »

Nigeria: GE Attracts Foreign Investors to Nigeria

Abuja Nigeria: In furtherance of its overall local content drive, global infrastructure giants General Electric (GE) has attracted 3 Italian based investor-companies to Nigeria to… Read more »

South Africa: GE Africa to invest up to R50 million in developing Africa's future leaders in Partnership with ALA

Unique partnership designed to continue to develop future leaders in Africa for Africa Partnership with African Leadership Academy will administer GE Africa's Scholars Programme… Read more »