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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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.