{"id":29980,"date":"2015-12-02T11:18:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T11:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=29980"},"modified":"2015-12-02T11:18:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T11:18:46","slug":"akons-lighting-africa-program-successfully-brings-solar-energy-to-600-million-africans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/alternative-energy\/akons-lighting-africa-program-successfully-brings-solar-energy-to-600-million-africans.php","title":{"rendered":"Akon&#8217;s Lighting Africa program successfully brings solar energy to 600 million Africans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-2-590x400.jpg\" alt=\"Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-2\" width=\"590\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-29982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-2-590x400.jpg 590w, https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><br \/>\nLast year, Akon conceptualized and launched the inspiring Akon Lighting Africa initiative that aimed at bringing solar energy to millions of homes in Africa. It\u2019s been a year now and the project has been a roaring success for the singer with 1 million solar powered street lamps and domestic solar panels installed in over a million households in Africa. His endeavor has enhanced the standard of sustainable living across 14 African nations. To give a further boost to his movement, the program introduced the Solar Academy in Mali\u2019s capital, Bamako, through which African engineers were taught the art of solar power harvesting.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/102650910\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn an interview, the singer who dwells from Senegal said, \u201cI always had a passion for Africa because I am from Africa and I always felt Africa was being taken advantage of\u2026 As a regular person there\u2019s not much you can do, but as a celebrity you can influence millions of people, which makes it a lot easier. Things can happen a lot faster, and I like to take advantage of that and find more ways to bring opportunities to Africa.\u201d His efforts have touched the lives of 600 million grateful Africans.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image--590x360.jpg\" alt=\"Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-\" width=\"590\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-29981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image--590x360.jpg 590w, https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image--300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-4-590x394.jpg\" alt=\"Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-4\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-29983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-4-590x394.jpg 590w, https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Akon-Solar-Electricity-in-Africa-image-4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[ Via : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alux.com\/akon-solar-electicity-africa\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=akon-solar-electicity-africa\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Alux<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Akon conceptualized and launched the inspiring Akon Lighting Africa initiative that aimed at bringing solar energy to millions of homes in Africa. 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