December 06, 2016
Egypt: Data Lakes Offer Smooth Sailing for Egypt's Transport Sector
In Egypt, Lake Nasser is perhaps the country's most important lake. It manages flooding, ensures a steady flow of water to the Nile River Valley and generates electricity. But… Read more »
November 28, 2016
Africa: When Consuming 63,000 GWh of Electricity, Software Can Ease Hard Choices
The smelters in the GCC consumed more than 63,000 GWh of electricity last year – that’s about how much Austria produces in a year. It’s also the amount of… Read more »
November 24, 2016
Ghana: Ghana Gives The Green Light For Bridge Power Project That Will Alleviate Power Shortages
A first-of-its-kind power programme was given the go-ahead recently when the Ghanaian government signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the 400MW greenfield Bridge Power… Read more »
November 23, 2016
South Africa: GE's Steam Power Systems Wins Global IPMA Project Excellence Gold Award for Work Done on Medupi
Once completed in 2020, Medupi Power Plant will generate enough power to the grid to meet the electricity needs of 3.5 million households in South Africa Read more »
Nigeria: GE Launches 'Garages' Advanced Manufacturing Program in Lagos, Nigeria
Co-located with the GE Lagos offices in Victoria Island, the Lagos Garage will offer a year-round series of skills training programs focused on building the next generation of… 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
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 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 »
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
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 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 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 »
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 16, 2016
Mozambique: GE Mozambique's Departing Leader Shares A Few Valuable Business Insights
The saying “there is no substitute for experience” is one that is often used in the business world because managers with a thorough understanding of their… Read more »
September 08, 2016
Africa: Inside Africa's Floating Hospital
and the Operating Rooms Where the surgeon Dr. Leo Cheng is helping patients in need Read more »
September 06, 2016
Egypt: Calling Egyptian Youth: Let's Build Digital Solutions to Solve Industrial Challenges
The paradox of the Industrial Internet is that it's expected to have a much bigger impact on the economy than the consumer internet, all while doing things that aren't as… Read more »
Egypt: Ministry of Communications & IT and GE Form Strategic Partnership and Launch a Digital Innovation Challenge to Solve Egypt's Industrial Challenges
The challenge is held in cooperation with the Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) The challenge aims to find digital solutions for industrial challenges… Read more »
September 02, 2016
Africa: Africa's Got Engineering Talent
GE's engineering talent is a crucial ingredient in delivering infrastructure and solutions across the world. The Graduate Engineering Training Programme aims to create a top… Read more »
August 24, 2016
Kenya: Out of the Darkroom, Into the Light: Going Digital in Nairobi
Having clothes ruined by ink and inhaling chemicals for hours in the hospital darkroom used to bother Margaret Njuwe and other radiographers at East Africa's largest referral… Read more »
