Imagine you live in a remote village in Kenya, and you’re just a few weeks away from giving birth. You begin to have eclampsia, a painful and life-threatening complication of pregnancy that’s marked by seizures that could lead to a coma. You need emergency surgery to save your own life, [...]
How can major multinational businesses successfully enter Africa? And, once there, what steps should they take in order to form business relationships and strategies that benefit both the region and the organization?
All around the world, Maker Faires bring out an array of inventors, tinkerers and hidden geniuses. Africa recently held its second one in Kenya, but as South Africa’s The Daily Maverick summed it up, the innovative energy in Africa takes a decidedly practical path: “Go to a Maker Faire in [...]
With much of its locomotive fleet nearly four decades old, Nigeria is eager to inject new technologies into its rail system as it embarks on widespread upgrades to its passenger and freight lines. As we reported in May, GE recently signed an agreement with the government of Nigeria that aims [...]
GE’s presence has been growing significantly in Africa in recent years — and part of that has been in the form of medical aid to communities in need. This week, a GE team made up of leaders in GE’s African American Forum traveled to Africa to meet with government officials [...]
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