How Chinese Used-Car Platforms Are Expanding Access to Affordable Vehicles in Africa
For many families and small businesses across West Africa, a vehicle is not simply a lifestyle purchase. It can affect the length of a daily commute, whether children can travel reliably to school, or how many deliveries a business can complete. Yet a used car that fits the purchase budget is not necessarily affordable to […]
These are the “Most African” Locomotives Ever Created
GE has commenced production of its “most African” locomotives. Once completed, the 233 GE Evolution Series locomotives will contain 55 per cent local content, making them the “most African” locomotives of their kind. ”We are building these world-class locomotives here in South Africa because we are committed to growing the local supply chain and establishing […]
Opening a Window to the Outside World with Computers
One in ten children in Nigeria are classified as “vulnerable,” according to the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs & Social Development (FMWASD). A child is classified as vulnerable if, because of the circumstances of birth or immediate environment, is prone to abuse or deprivation of basic needs, care and protection and thus disadvantaged relative to […]
How GE is Creating the Next Industrial Era
Business cycles have always been opportunities for GE, and today’s environment of lower oil prices is no different. To take advantage of a volatile world, GE has been investing in its core infrastructure businesses, simplifying its operations and leading the next industrial era of machines connected through the Industrial Internet. “We capitalize on cycles by […]
Creating A Business That Takes Social Value Seriously
Sustainable development is in the spotlight as governments around the world meet in Paris this month to discuss action against climate change. GE’s mission is to help its partners to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges, to minimise environmental impact and to advance social development. Here are just a few ways in which […]
ARM Gift of a Lifetime (GOAL)
There is no arguing the fact that giving of gifts has become a very big part of our lives. Whether it’s for a loved one’s birthday, marriage, new baby, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Wedding anniversary, Valentine or Christmas, gifts help to strengthen bonds with colleagues, family and friends. Gifts are our way of staying in touch, saying thank you or just […]
World AIDS Day: Three Researchers Are Leading The Way In The Fight Against HIV
In the 1980s, when AIDS started ravaging communities around the world, many people reacted to the disease with panic. With no cure and little information about the illness, there was a climate of fear similar to last year’s outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. “There [were] a lot of people who felt they did not […]
Stopping Malaria: Affordable New Test Seeks To Reveal Hidden Reservoirs Of Disease
In 1980, the world collectively shed not a single tear upon hearing that the scourge of smallpox would likely never take another life. A gargantuan global effort had eradicated the disease in the open (though the virus still survives in government labs). Now it looks as if humanity will be able to close the book […]
Let’s Get Digital: Aviation Software Center Takes Flight In Dubai
GE Aviation’s latest technology center sits tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Dubai International Airport, inside the Dubai Airport Free Zone and just steps away from the executive jet terminal, a location handy for easy access. From the outside, the place looks like just another glass-and-concrete office tower that sprouted in this desert […]
GE Breakthrough TV Series
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL AND GE HAVE DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE NEW SERIES: BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCED BY IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT AND ASYLUM ENTERTAINMENT, THE SERIES WILL EXAMINE THE AMAZING TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTIONS THAT WILL DEFINE OUR FUTURE Hollywood Visionaries Angela Bassett, Peter Berg, Paul Giamatti, Akiva Goldsman, Ron Howard and Brett Ratner Each Direct an Episode (Johannesburg. – October 20, […]
General Electric partners AMI to host Media Training on Energy and Infrastructure Coverage
Nairobi, 2nd October 2015- 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 East Africa region will undergo basic training on the Energy sector in Africa, and on using sector data to tell impactful stories that will […]
Corporate Sponsorship As an Imperative for Positive Impact – The GE Example
The CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Awards was established in August 1995 to encourage, promote and recognize excellence in African journalism and it has in the span of 20 years become the most respected journalism awards in the region.
Finland contending with challenges of ageing population – Jousilahti
Dr. Pekka Jousilahti is a research professor at the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland. In this interview, he speaks on the health and wellbeing exhibition billed for Lagos on November 3 and other issues. Excerpts: WHAT will be your main message at the Health and Wellbeing event of Finland on November 3, […]
Digital Bananas Technology changing lives of Nigerians in diaspora & at home
Over the last 10 years, Career Insights, a subsidiary of Digital Bananas Technology limited in the UK has been adding extreme value to the lives of Nigerians in Diaspora. With over 330 success stories being rolled out each year, Nigerians in the UK & Canada have been securing life changing digital project management and business analysis roles paying up to £132,000 a year, that’s an equivalent of N48m a year. This year, on the 14th of November 2015, Digital Bananas Technology will be hosting their 2nd DBT Awards ceremony.
