Senegalese-American singer, songwriter and producer Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, known as Akon, is no doubt one of the most successful and influential musicians of African descent. Akon is out with a plan to bring electricity to a million African households, through a project tagged ‘Akon lighting Africa’.
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‘Akon Lighting Africa’ is aimed at redressing the fact a large part of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is living in the dark.
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Report says Akon’s company, Akon Corporation, is working withGIVE1 Project and Solektra International, member of ADS Group(Africa Development Solution Group, in order to create resourceful and standby effective energy solutions.
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The Senegalese, We gathered has also partnered withAzuri Technologiesto support the installation of solar equipment in households, which will provide good access to better and prominent electricity to the folks.
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‘We are extremely pleased by the overwhelmingly positive response of government leaders to embrace a public private partnership that aims to address access to power in sub-Saharan Africa.
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This initiative is given further validity and momentum based on the support of these nations and their executives and advisor,’. Akon said in a statement.
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