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DANGOTE’S REFINERY NEEDS POLITICALCOVER

Your optimism and pessimism arewell understood [‘Alikoof Africa’s $19bnbet,TAR 117Oct.-Dec. 2021], especially as aNigerian, these arequiterifewith the populace.However, our country is one wherethe dynamics keep changing, and no singleindividual holds theswayinour polity ‘forever’.While I admire[AlikoDangote’s] passion, Iequally pray he doesn’toffend the pretorian guards and their principal, who constantly keep the levers of power.

EmmanuelEdirin

Nigeria

GREEN POWER

The current African contributiontoglobal warming is miniscule. Even if all African states fully harnessedtheir carbon-basedenergy sources, thecontribution to globalwarming would still be south of 10%. Notwithstanding, we can find solutions that are win-win.For example, part of the investment to

AFRICA’S WAR

LikemanyEthiopians and global citizens,I am puzzled by the concerted,calculatedWestern media campaign against Ethiopia.The news that Addis Ababa is about to fall has been going on forweeks.But we arestill here. Nowthey haverun out of options.Wehavelived long enough to observemanycountries fall largely becauseofinterference by Western powers. Ihavea feelingthatEthiopia will be thelast attempt theyare goingtomakebecause Africa is waking up.African media is beginning to stand uptoWestern media –theyare saying: “This is not just Ethiopia’s war; it is Africa’s war.”We(Africans)let down Libya. It wasnot the responsibility of the French or English or Americans to getrid of Gaddafi. It shouldhave been the Libyans themselves.Wekept quiet when Western powers createdthe mess.I just hope we don’trepeat the samemistake!

Amdissa

encourageclean energy sourcescouldbechannelled to Africasothe continent can act as a carbon sink.

MbatshiMazwiduma

Botswana

GADDAFIFAMILY

If [formerleader Muammar Gaddafi] had spentthe squanderedbillions of dollars over themanyyears in poweronLibya’s infrastructure, andon it’speopleinsteadofhis ego... possibly ... he and hisfamily and the Libyanpeoplewould have avoidedall of the hardship and chaos that the country and it’s peopleare enduring.

HusseinAzzabi

Libya

LAGOS’SGRIND

In this congestedcity, sleep-deprived young Nigerians bravetraffic in the small hours for paybarely sufficient to getby. Manyofthese jobs areunreasonably demanding. Whydothese young Nigerians remain working under these kindsofconditions? Joseph, Nigeria

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Building aworldthatworks… forAfrica

For over 125 years, GE has demonstrated its commitment to Sub-Saharan Africa through its approach to investment and innovation in healthcare,energy and aviation, contributing to building aprosperous, sustainable future for the continent.

REVOLUTIONIZING HEALTHCARE

A leading provider of precision health technologies, GE Healthcare works towards making healthcare systems more sustainable and accessible to deliver better outcomes to more people.Using big data and AI to analyze amultitude of factors to diagnose and treat disease,GEHealthcare’s lifesaving innovation is revolutionizing healthcare in Africa. GE Healthcare’sdiagnostic imaging and monitoring portfolio, from initial screening, diagnosis, therapy guidance,and minimally invasive treatment to monitoring patient progress, is deployed in facilities throughout Africa, including Kenya’s Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral &Research Hospital (KUTRRH), sub-Saharan Africa’s firstpublicly-owned comprehensive cancer center.InNigeria, it delivered and installed equipment with afull range of products at Duchess International Hospital, the largest multi-specialty privately-owned hospital on the mainland.

In partnership with AFRIPHARMA, GE Healthcare equipped the Afri-Egypt Health Services Center in Jinja, Uganda, for diagnosis and treatment of various critical diseases, including in the areas of women’s health, neonatal care,cardiology,internal medicine, HIV,infectious diseases, and COVID-19.The Center could serve over 60,000 people,improving accessibility in the surrounding communities.

“Our healthcare infrastructure expands capacity and improves healthcare outcomes, and we work closely with local healthcare professionals to meet the needs of the community,” said Eyong Ebai, General Manager,GEHealthcare,SSA.

HIGHER ACCESS, LOWER EMISSIONS, STABLE GRIDS

Finding alasting and sustainable solution for Africa’s energy poverty is urgent if emerging economies are to power the industrialization essential to their economic development and a better quality of life. GE innovates through modernizing existing technologies and developing new breakthrough technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture,storage and utilization (CCUS) solutions.

In arecent white paper,GEhighlights that the accelerated and strategic deployment of both renewable energy and gas power contributes greatly to combatting climate change in the nearterm, demonstrated by the proven performance of its HA gas turbine,which enables greater use of renewable energy and atransition from gas to hydrogen. GE steam power is also supporting its customers as they transition to alower carbon future by maximizing the lifetime output of the existing installed base to improve performance and efciency and ensure these power plants continue to deliver afordable and reliable power as long as it’sneeded.

“GEcontributes to building amore sustainable energy system by collaborating to build new high-efciency generating capacity through amix of natural gas and renewables,”said Nosizwe Dlengezele,GEGas Power’sChief Commercial Ofcer,SSA.

In East Africa, GE Renewable Energy is supplying the turbines and advisory support for Kipeto Energy’s100 MW wind power project in Kajiado,Kenya and all electro-mechanical equipment for the Bujagali 250 MW Hydro power plant in Uganda. GE equipment will power Senegal’s300 MW Cap des Biches combined cycle gas turbine power plant, generating enough electricity for 500,000 homes and, in Côte d’Ivoire,isproviding gas turbine technology and services for the Azito Phase IV 260 MW power plant extension, bringing total plant capacity to approximately 700 MW.

GE Grid Solutions focuses on physical upgrades to existing grids to better manage decentralized renewables and optimize efciency and stability,and provides the digital software to run them locally and troubleshoot problems, increasing overall capacity and resilience.Itrecently commissioned Africa’sfirst fullydigital high voltage substation in Senegal and was awarded aUS$47 million contract to build the biggest high-voltage substation in Benin, in addition to the 2018 turnkey distribution management system project currently being executed.

GE Invests $2.5 M. in theNext Generation of Johannesburg Engineers.

INNOVATION TAKES FLIGHT

GE Aviation powers Ethiopia Airline’sfleet, including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 777s and the Next Generation B737s through CFM International, aJVbetween GE and Safran Aircraft Engines. In 2020,Kenya Airways selected GE Aviation’s Flight Operations suite of digital products across its entire fleet. This June,CFM launched its RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) Program to develop the next-generation CFM engine, aiming for 20% more fuel efciency.GEAviation also supports industry initiatives to approve and adopt 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and, recently,United became the first airline to operate apassenger flight using 100% SAF.

COMMITTED TO COMMUNITIES

Committed to transforming communities in which it operates, GE aims to inspire future engineers and shape workforce diversity through its STEM initiatives. It recently organized aGirls in STEM event for 100 students in Côte d’Ivoire and launched Next Engineers in Johannesburg, with a$2.5m investment. Since the onset of the pandemic, GE and its partners have helped communities face the economic and social implications of COVID-19,including by building aprimary healthcare clinic in Botleng in Mpumulanga and, on World Food Day,donating $100,000 to Food Forward to help people experiencing food insecurity.