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Jay Ireland, President and CEO of General Electric Africa (GE Africa)
With more than half of the population being under the age of 20, Africa has the world’s most youthful population and will have the world’s largest workforce by 2025. Continued economic growth will ultimately depend on Africa’s ability to harness the power of this human capital through investments in skills development.
One exciting investment made by General Electric Africa is in skills training and human capital in GE Garages. This programme is providing upcoming engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs with access to state-of-the-art technology and information. In so doing, GE fostering interest in invention, innovation and advanced manufacturing. Our first GE Garage was launched in Lagos, Nigeria.
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