August 05, 2014
Nigeria: GE To Work With Dangote On Distributed Power Projects
GE to supply Aeroderivative gas turbines to power Dangote's manufacturing assets Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Deploys GE's Mobile Gas Turbines, Bringing Financing Services to Return Largest Refinery to Full Power and Production Capacity
GE's Trailer-Mounted Aeroderivative Gas Turbines to Provide Port Harcourt Refinery with Uninterrupted Power to Overcome Local Grid Outages GE's Three TM2500+ Units to Enable… Read more »
Ghana: GE Partners with the Millennium Challenge Corporation to Provide $500 Million in Financing to Ghana 1000 Project
Financing to support development of largest power park in sub-Saharan Africa Project to boost Ghana's power generation capacity by 50% Read more »
August 04, 2014
Africa: GE To Invest $2 Billion in Africa by 2018
GE convenes African Heads of State, government representatives, & business leaders at U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Read more »
July 31, 2014
Kenya: Meeting a BURNing Desire
Mueni Saumu who lives in the informal settlement of Kawangware, 15km west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, is transforming her life. A simple decision to use the innovative Jikokoa… Read more »
Kenya: $2 Do-It-Yourself Solar Lamp Brings Better Light To Poor
When the sun goes down on almost 1.3 billion people around the world, the only respite from the darkness is fire. Read more »
June 25, 2014
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 »
June 17, 2014
Africa: USADF and GE Partner to Launch Off-Grid Energy Challenge in Two Rounds
Apply for Round Two Now Read more »
June 12, 2014
Nigeria: Nigeria Deploys GE's Mobile Gas Turbines, Financing Services to Return Largest Refinery to Full Power and Production Capacity
GE’s Trailer-Mounted Aeroderivative Gas Turbines to Provide Port Harcourt Refinery with Uninterrupted Power to Overcome Local Grid Outages GE’s Three TM2500+ Units to… Read more »
Africa: GE Launches Distributed Power Business to Help Boost Local Energy Security throughout Africa
Announces Plans for Diesel Offering, Currently in Test and Planned to be Shipped Later This Year GE's Distributed Power Providing Communities and Industries with More Reliable,… Read more »
May 20, 2014
Africa: CNN Announces GE-Sponsored Energy and Infrastructure Category in CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards
GE sponsorship will help highlight Energy and Infrastructure issues in Africa Call for entries from all journalists across the continent Read more »
May 09, 2014
Africa: GE, USADF and USAID Launch Off-Grid Energy Challenge in Six Countries
To launch Challenge in Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania Entries are open from now through June 20, 2014, in this second round of the Challenge, and can be… Read more »
April 16, 2014
Africa: Harnessing Resources and Expertise for Development - Jay Ireland, GE Africa
Prepared remarks by Jay Ireland, president and CEO of GE Africa, at the inaugural Africare 'Creating Opportunities for Development in Africa (CODA) Summit' at the U.S. Chamber of… Read more »
October 19, 2012
Kenya: Can You Hear Me Now? Telecom Orders For Next-Gen Durathon Battery Top $63 Million Since July Launch
Every day, Kenya's capital Nairobi goes four hours without power. That's the price of a growing economy bumping against creaky infrastructure struggling to keep up. The blackouts… Read more »
September 30, 2013
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 »
January 14, 2014
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 »
January 30, 2014
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 »
December 19, 2013
Kenya: Saving the Snows of Kilimanjaro: Eastern Africa Plugs Into Renewable Power
Over the last decade, millions of consumers in the U.S., Europe and other parts of the developed world have embraced wind power and other sources of renewable energy as an… Read more »
August 29, 2013
Africa: GE Partners with XD Electric to Bring High Voltage Capabilities to Support Africa's Growth
Access to XD Electric's High-Voltage Equipment Positions GE to Lead in the Build Out and Upgrade of Electrical Infrastructure in Africa GE is Bringing Technology and Expertise… Read more »
November 21, 2013
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 »
November 06, 2013
South Africa: Sasol, GE Develop New Water Technology, Boosting Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Value Proposition
Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)'s GE Power & Water division have together developed new water technology that will clean waste water, while also providing biogas as a… Read more »
June 17, 2013
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 »
January 29, 2014
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 »
February 29, 2012
South Africa: Energy and Healthcare Sectors Will Benefit Most From Innovation
South African business executives have identified the energy and healthcare sectors as sectors that can benefit the most from innovation, but would like to see more government… Read more »
