Africa is a very important region for GE’s growth. GE first started operating here over 100 years ago. In 2011, the company decided to renew its focus to meet Africa’s needs and established its regional Headquarters in Nairobi. Our footprint in sub-Saharan Africa now consists of over 1800 employees and revenues of over $2.4 billion dollars. GE is committed to supporting the continued and sustainable development of the African region with advanced infrastructure technologies, services and solutions. Africa has broad needs that are critical for growth such as an improved infrastructure and access to world class technological solutions in key sectors e.g. power generation, oil & gas, healthcare and rail transportation. GE’s capability, geographic scale and global expertise in infrastructure technology allow us to play a significant role as a partner in the future development Africa.