Nigeria: GE Affirms Its Commitment To Nigeria And Africa With Ongoing Investments

Multinational companies often talk about investing in Africa and expanding their footprint here, but few of them actually follow through on their promises to make significant… Read more »

Africa: What's Next For GE In 2017: Changing The Game With A Digital Industrial Strategy

Every December, GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt hosts a meeting with analysts and investors to walk through the company’s strategy and financial goals for the upcoming year… Read more »

Africa: Investing in Africa's Youth and Developing their Skills is the Only Way Forward

GE’s committed to Africa’s sustainable development, under the hallmarks of responsible leadership and operational excellence, has positioned skills development and… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: GE Reinforces Commitment to Africa at 2016 U.S.-Africa Business Forum

The African growth story is still real. Read more »

Algeria: The Remarkable Story of Fresh Water Access

Every day across the City of Algiers, families turn on their taps and out flows clean, fresh water for drinking, cooking, washing and bathing. This may seem unremarkable, but not… Read more »

Africa: How the GE Store is Promoting Horizontal Teams in Africa

GE’s DNA as a global company and industry leader is something that employees frequently cite as one of the factors attracting them to GE. Often, however, workers get bogged… Read more »

Africa: GE Invests R500 Million to Innovate in Africa for Africa

Today GE, one of the world's biggest digital industrial companies, officially opened its R500 million 2,700m2 facility, the GE Africa Innovation Centre in Johannesburg South… Read more »

Kenya: GE Opens New Healthcare Training and Skills Institute Committed to Training 10,000 Health Professionals by 2020

As part of GE's commitment to supporting sustainable healthcare development in Kenya, the $13 million investment provides localized human capital development capabilities The… Read more »

Africa: GE Remains Committed to Africa's Growth

Seven of GE’s top leaders have travelled to key African markets so far this year, signaling GE’s strong commitment to Africa. GE remains committed to partnerships which… Read more »

Africa: From North to South, African Farmers are Putting Great Technology to Work

Agriculture has played a vital role in the growth of civilisations and industry in Africa. The ancient Egyptians were able to make cultural and technological strides in large part… Read more »

Africa: A New Model for Growing the Next Generation of African Leaders

By Fred Swaniker, Founder of the African Leadership Group  Read more »

South Africa: Installing Steam Turbines in the Place of the Rising Sun

As the sun rises over the Kusile Power Station site  in Mpumalanga, South Africa, the Steam Turbine Construction team carefully  inspects the new turbines being… Read more »

Egypt: Winning the Race Against Egypt's Summer… in Record Time

Every day, the weather gets a little warmer; fans, air blowers and air conditioners run a little longer, and demand for electricity rises just a little more. GE and its partners… Read more »

Egypt: Powering Egypt's Energy Sector with Innovation and Localization

There is a continuous demand for energy in Egypt with a need for an additional 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of new electricity capacity every year through 2022. Furthermore, the Egyptian… Read more »

Egypt: Connecting 7 Gigawatts of Power to Help Reinforce Egypt's Grid

Egypt is going through a period of tremendous growth and economic diversification that is being fueled by new power supply for industrial, manufacturing and commercial development.… Read more »

Nigeria: US Ambassador to Nigeria Commends GE's Investment Plans for Nigeria

Says Nigeria is conducive for Foreign Direct Investment Read more »

East Africa: General Electric Partners with AMI to Host Media Training on Energy and Infrastructure Coverage

African Media Initiative (AMI) and General Electric (GE) have partnered to boost media coverage in Africa of Energy and Infrastructure issues. Some 20 journalists drawn from the… Read more »