By HELEN NIANIAS
Tuesday 02 June 2015

Despite being best known for making pop music, Akon's decided to give filling dancefloors a break in favour of bringing solar energy to people living in rural Africa.

The singer has decided to seriously diversify and set up charity Akon Lighting Africa in 2014.

The singer, who is of Senegalese-American descent, has recently opened a Solar Academy as part of his effort to bring electricity to 600 million people in rural communities across Africa.

Located in Bamako, Mali, the academy's aim is to help engineers produce solar power.

The organisation states that the continent averages 320 days of sunshine a year.

Samba Baithily, who co-founded Akon Lighting Africa with Akon and Thione Niang, told Reuters:
"We have the sun and innovative technologies to bring electricity to homes and communities. We now need to consolidate African expertise."

"We expect the Africans who graduate from this center to devise new, innovative, technical solutions," said Niang.

"With this Academy, we can capitalize on Akon Lighting Africa and go further."

So think about that next time 'Locked Up' comes on.

www.independent.co.uk/news/people/akon-is-bringing-electricity-to-600-million-people-in-africa-10291826.html

People giving back to the society that made them. Naija celebs would rather be a bad influence and insult the public

Cc Lalasticlala

See better celeb

Not only that he has helped alot of nigerian artist too
Akon is doing good at least he gives back .

I have load of respect for the man.

rokiatu:
I hve load of respect for the man.

Yeeeeehhhh! shz online!

Akon is a serious individual. People shouldnt diminish him by making outlandish claims like this. If he is behind it, then he must be trying to dupe someone.

Neroze:
Yeeeeehhhh! shz online!

lol you are funny. How are you?

rokiatu:
lol you are funny. How are you?

Am ok goddess! missed u like kilode!

Neroze:
Am ok goddess! missed u like kilode!

Really? But I didn't missed you. just kidding.

rokiatu:
Really? But I didn't missed you. just kidding.

issokay goddess...I undastnd! can we get private? dunno.

Akon is a legend.

see tuface, psquare and dbanj ask them who them help aside looking for already made people(either directly or indirectly) to associate with.

rokiatu:
Really? But I didn't missed you. just kidding.

@emboldened, MISS not missed.

rokiatu:
Really? But I didn't missed you. just kidding.

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Rokiatu is back

how far

rokiatu:
Really? But I didn't missed you. just kidding.

bin a while bae, i shldn't feign it,u ve really bin mis'd

haul:
By HELEN NIANIAS
Tuesday 02 June 2015

Despite being best known for making pop music, Akon's decided to give filling dancefloors a break in favour of bringing solar energy to people living in rural Africa.

The singer has decided to seriously diversify and set up charity Akon Lighting Africa in 2014.

The singer, who is of Senegalese-American descent, has recently opened a Solar Academy as part of his effort to bring electricity to 600 million people in rural communities across Africa.

Located in Bamako, Mali, the academy's aim is to help engineers produce solar power.

The organisation states that the continent averages 320 days of sunshine a year.

Samba Baithily, who co-founded Akon Lighting Africa with Akon and Thione Niang, told Reuters:
"We have the sun and innovative technologies to bring electricity to homes and communities. We now need to consolidate African expertise."

"We expect the Africans who graduate from this center to devise new, innovative, technical solutions," said Niang.

"With this Academy, we can capitalize on Akon Lighting Africa and go further."

So think about that next time 'Locked Up' comes on.

www.independent.co.uk/news/people/akon-is-bringing-electricity-to-600-million-people-in-africa-10291826.html

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