The Akon Lighting Africa initiative has brightened 14 countries in just one year and plans to launch campaigns in an additional 11 countries by the end of 2016. ALA plans to help light all of ...

Akon Lighting Africa works with local banks and governments to develop public-private partnerships (PPPs) to finance solar projects, for which panels are supplied by Chinese companies.

Akon has plans to light up Africa, and it’s not with his hot lyrics. The R&B star is launching an academy through his “Akon Lighting Africa” initiative, which will use the power of the sun ...

His self-titled project, “Akon Lighting Africa,” isn’t so much a celebrity whim as a major endeavor that hopes to electrify 1 million homes by the end of 2014 with solar energy, which is ...

R&B star Akon has been given a $1 billion credit line from one of China’s industry leaders to help him provide solar power to millions of people in Africa.

Akon Is Pushing Solar Power in Africa. By Clare Foran and National Journal. PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 28: Akon performs on stage at Park City Live during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on January ...

Two years ago, the Grammy nominated singer started the company Akon Lighting Africa with the intent of bringing solar power to rural areas in The Mother Land. To date, the company has helped bring ...

Akon's to do list just got a little longer. Aside from being an award winning producer and RnB singer, he's now hoping to provide electricity to 600 million people in Africa. The 'Smack That ...

Senegalese-American RnB singer Akon may be best known for his string of platinum-selling records, but the Missouri-born artist is also becoming a rising star in the movement to bring electricity ...

Rap star Akon, who has just finished other things, has turned his attention from making club pop to producing solar energy for over 600 million people in rural Africa. Smack that.

Akon and Akon Lighting Africa initiative have just announced the creation of a “Solar Academy” to develop skills and expertise in sustainable energy in Africa.. This professional training ...

ATLANTA (AP) – Grammy-nominated singer Akon has a goal of bringing solar-powered electricity to one million homes in Africa by the end of the year, and ...