Many charitable celebrities have favorite organizations or causes and AKON’s interest in improving electrical accessibility in Africa hits close to home. Growing up in southern Senegal, Akon experienced a childhood without electricity. While Akon may have made his way to the United States, 600 million Africans still lack consistent access to energy.
In a recent interview with Devex, the American rapper stated that he felt it was time for some innovation in #poverty-combating efforts: “There’s always been so many initiatives in Africa, so much money raised in Africa, but there’s never no results and it got to the point where you get tired of it. I took it more personal than anything and I wanted to be in a position to where if I move forward on something I wanted to actually see it materialize.”
In 2013, he founded Akon Lighting Africa, along with Thione Niang and Samba Bathily, which invests in solar energy at a grassroots level in African communities. Through innovative solutions, the organization has grown and reached more countries in 2015, celebrating the inauguration of the Solektra Solar Academy, which promises bright things to come.
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