Friday, March 29, 2024

Akon Begins Academy to Provide 600 Million Africans with Electricity

akon*Akon started Akon Lighting Africa initiative, which focuses on bringing electricity to 600 million Africans, and is now bringing a “solar academy,” according to Reuters via The Huffington Post.

The academy is scheduled to open this summer in Bamako, Mali’s capital. It will teach African engineers and entrepreneurs how to develop solar power for the continent.

“We have the sun and innovative technologies to bring electricity to homes and communities. We now need to consolidate African expertise,” said Samba Baithily, who founded Akon Lighting Africa with Akon and Thione Niang.

“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.”

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