Akon Lighting Africa 2020

Their initial technique is to install solar street lights and small energy systems.

Akon lighting africa 2020. Akon the platinum selling rapper is lighting up africa with solar lighting and other products thanks to a reported 1 billion credit line with chinese manufacturers and a skill for celebrity. Singer and businessman akon talks about his akon lighting africa project which offers electricity to african nations. 14 2016 file photo akon international music star and co founder of akon lighting africa speaks at a news conference at the climate conference known as cop22 in. Akon lighting africa project tour which aims to bring electricity to one 1 million households in africa by the end of 2014.

In 2015 akon teamed up with fellow senegalese niang and malian entrepreneur bathily to start the akon lighting africa initiative with an objective of bringing clean energy. Subscribe to cnbc life. The market opportunity for productive use leveraging solar energy pulse in sub saharan africa 09 october 2019. Akon lighting africa which the rapper co founded with his senegalese compatriot thione niang and samba bathily an entrepreneur from neighboring mali spread to 17 countries across the continent in its first two years of operation and aims to branch out to a further 12 african nations.

We aim to reach 250 million more people by 2030. In this monday nov. Launched in february 2014 by international music star akon leader thione niang and entrepreneur samba bathily this initiative aims to develop an innovative solar. Since running its first pilot projects in ghana and kenya in 2009 lighting africa has already enabled 28 8 million people across africa to meet their basic electricity needs lighting and mobile phone charging through quality verified off grid solar products.