Akon to provide electricity for one million African households

Senegalese-American singer and producer, Akon is set to bring electricity to millions of African households, through a project tagged ‘Akon lighting Africa’ – aimed at redressing the problem of power in sub-Saharan Africa.

The project will provide electricity and promote energy sufficiency in the continent.
 “The lack of electricity is currently a major problem in Africa. A significant number of households in rural areas and even urban cities do not have access to electricity. This is a real obstacle to Africa’s Sustainable Development.” reads the website for the campaign.

The 40-year-old successful and influential musician is partnering with Azuri Technologies to support the installation of solar equipment in households, which will provide good access to better and stable electricity to the people.


 ”We are extremely pleased by the overwhelmingly positive response of government leaders to embrace a public-private partnership that aims to address access to power in sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative is given further validity and momentum based on the support of these nations and their executives and advisor,’ Akon disclosed in a statement.
The 40-year-old singer, who earlier went on a nine-country tour across Africa, has been meeting politicians in his native Senegal and other places including; Mali, Guinea, Gambia, Gabon and Burkina Faso to win their support for his campaign.
Akon had earlier told his fans on Twitter that his team is getting a great response from many of the leaders and that they are planning to keep up the momentum of the campaign.