September 02, 2016
Africa: $20-Million Women's Health Initiative Kicks Off With Training In Nairobi
By the end of 2015, roughly 99% of the world's maternal deaths had occurred in developing regions with Sub-Saharan Africa accounting for two-thirds of that number. Added to this… 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 »
East Africa: Heading Deep Into Eastern Africa with a Pocket-sized Ultrasound
From its dynamic urban environment to its proximity to Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, Uganda's capital of Kampala has much to offer. Some might say its people are the most… Read more »
August 19, 2016
Mozambique: This Children's Day, Mozambique Volunteers Focus On Disabled Children
Children's Day in Mozambique is one of the country's most important celebrations, when schools and households all over the country take time to show their appreciation for their… Read more »
South Africa: GE's New Africa Innovation Centre will Help Develop African Solutions for African Challenges
Innovation is the business buzzword of the moment, but supporting innovation is sometimes easier said than done. However, GE is putting its money where its mouth is and… Read more »
August 17, 2016
Africa: GE Celebrates 10 Years of Olympic Games Sponsorship and Surpasses $1.5 Billion in Infrastructure Sales to Host Cities since 2006
Over 1,000 infrastructure projects completed since 2006 with over 180 projects for Rio 2016 GE technology included in all Rio 2016 Olympic Games competition venues GE… Read more »
August 11, 2016
Africa: Benefits Beyond Borders: How ATAG is Furthering the Sustainable Growth of Aviation
Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) issued Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders last month that focuses on the myriad of benefits that aviation brings to the world today… Read more »
South Africa: For Sustainability, South African Youth Get Innovative
Sustainability may have started out as a nice-to-have, but it’s increasingly recognised as an imperative for both business and consumers. And for the next generation of… Read more »
August 08, 2016
Africa: Inside Rio 2016's Amazing Polyclinic
The Olympic Games is a festival of physicality, with the superhuman feats of thousands of athletes, a source of awe for billions of mortals spectating from couches around the… Read more »
August 06, 2016
Africa: Lights, Power, Passion - Illuminating the Rio Olympic Games
GE infrastructure lets 5 billion people participate in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Read more »
August 03, 2016
Ghana: GE Builds Capabilities And Capacity In Ghana Ahead Of Oil And Gas Expansion
Ghana began pumping its first commercial oil in 2010, three years' after the discovery of the Jubilee Field. Now, GE Oil & Gas' new Takoradi services facility in Ghana is… Read more »
August 02, 2016
Africa: Powering Peak Performance For Rio 2016
Think of the preparation for the Olympic Games as running on twin tracks: one for the athletes and the other for the host city. Both will be subjected to extraordinary demands as… Read more »
Egypt: Kasr El Ainy Hospital Inaugurates a New Brain Stroke Unit in Egypt and GE Healthcare Provides its Latest Technologies and Equipment Training at the Unit
The newly launched brain stroke unit at Kasr El Ainy Hospital is one of the largest free-public units to serve a wide range of stroke patients across the Middle East GE Healthcare… Read more »
Africa: Bringing the Latest Technology to Brain Stroke Treatment in Egypt
When stroke victims are treated within the first four hours of an attack, they are more likely to recover completely or to face only limited disability. A new brain stroke unit in… Read more »
July 28, 2016
Africa: How Boeing Planes Helped GE's Aviation Business Take Off
When Bill Boeing opened his Seattle factory in 1916, his first product was a seaplane made from wood and canvas called Bluebill. That biplane could seat a pair of flyers and… Read more »
Nigeria: In Nigeria, Every Little Effort Goes a Long Way
In the time it will take you to read this post, it is estimated that two children would have died in Nigeria. In many of these cases, poor access to adequate healthcare is the main… Read more »
July 26, 2016
Africa: The First Mile of Care
Elizabeth Bailey, Director, Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) and Vikram Damodaran, Chief Product Officer, GE Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, make the case… Read more »
Africa: The First Mile Discovery Challenge - Calls for Submissions Open July 25th and are Due September 1st, 2016
Calling all clinicians and innovators! CAMTech and GE Sustainable Healthcare Solutions are crowdsourcing critical primary healthcare challenges through a… Read more »
Africa: How the Digital Industrial Trend will Impact Africa
These days, the term “digital industrial” is becoming more and more ubiquitous, as digital technology continues to lead a sea-change throughout the economy,… Read more »
Egypt: GE Completes the First of its Kind Upgrade in the Middle East and Africa at the Nubaria Power Plant in Egypt, Decreasing Fuel Consumption by 3%
GE completed the first of its kind upgrade in the Middle East and Africa on two GE 9FA gas turbines at the Nubaria power plant The upgrade increased the plant's output by 6.7% and… Read more »
Egypt: A Truly Powerful Upgrade in Egypt: More Electricity, Less Fuel, Lower Cost
GE has completed an upgrade at the Nubaria power plant in Egypt that is being implemented for the first time in the Middle East and African, and the third time globally. Read more »
July 20, 2016
Algeria: Hamma: Honored for Its Impact on Life in Algiers
To wash your hands, to prepare food for dinner, to quench your thirst … they all take clean water. These and other crucial uses of drinking water are why the Hamma Seawater… Read more »
July 19, 2016
Kenya: Our Generation will See Healthcare in Africa on Par with the Rest of the World
Packed securely inside the boxes in the picture above was a new mammography system, being ferried upstream from the Port of Lamu in Kenya, where I traveled last month, to a small… Read more »
Africa: Healthymagination Mother and Child Programme Welcomes its First Group of Social Entrepreneurs Addressing Maternal & Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
The programme has selected 17 African social entrepreneurs who will benefit from training and mentorship aimed at improving maternal and/or child health outcomes Read more »
Africa: Inspired by the New Iron Man, Some Frank Talk from Female Techies at GE
If you're a fan of the Marvel superhero world, you'll already have noticed that the next Iron Man is a black woman. You may also have noticed that this particular fantasy world has… Read more »
