TheXcitizen

Akon is using his fame to do something amazing. He grew up in Kaolack, Senegal without electricity. Last year, he introduced his initiative called Akon Lighting Africa. The goal is to bring electricity to millions of Africans through solar energy. To achieve this goal, he installed solar street lamps and panels in 14 African countries. Now, he is taking another big step.

With 320 days of sunshine a year, Africa is a perfect fit for solar power but yet lacks experts and technicians who would have the knowledge necessary to bring innovative sustainable technologies to African households.


"We have the sun and innovative technologies to bring electricity to homes and communities. We now need to consolidate African expertise and that is our objective," Samba Bathily, co-founder of the project, said in a statement. "We are doing more than just investing in clean energy.

"We are investing in human capital," she said. "We can achieve great milestones and accelerate the African transformation process on condition that we start training a new generation of highly qualified African engineers, technicians and entrepreneurs now."