Relive the Akon Lighting Africa conference during the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2014 in Marrakech. More information on: http://www.gesmarrakech2014.org/en/home #akonlightingafrica
Akon Lighting Africa press conference at National Press Club in Washington . More information: http://www.press.org/
Source : POLITICO.COM
Akon is a multi-platinum recording artist now, but before making a fortune with hits such as “Smack That” and “Locked Up,” he was a child growing up without electricity in the West African nation of Senegal. “I was one of those kids you see running around with no shoes on living in straw huts,” Akon…
Singer Akon has launched an ambitious endeavor that aims to improve the lives of over one million people in Africa. His new initiative “Akon Lighting Africa” hopes to bring electricity to one million households by the end of 2014 to help promote energy sustainability and sufficiency throughout the continent. “The lack of electricity is currently…
