Akon announced on his social-media channels on Monday that he is building a city of the future in Africa. “Just finalized the agreement for AKON CITY in Senegal. Looking forward to hosting you ...

The “Locked Up” hitmaker has taken a step back from music in recent years to focus on his passion project, the Akon Lighting Africa company, which he co-founded in 2013 to provide electricity ...

*Akon is not only a pop star, but he’s an activist and philanthropist who set out to help Africa. He started a non-profit organization, “Akon Lighting Africa.” His goal with the organization ...

“Beyond his status as an artist, it is Akon, the investor who believes in Africa,” the tourism ministry said in a statement before the ceremony. He spoke to Newsweek in 2018 about the project.

That’s why he launched “Akon Lighting Africa” with two partners and a credit line of $1 billion, he said. It now employs over 5,000 mainly young people who install and maintain solar equipment.

Five-time Grammy nominated artist Akon has launched “Akon Lighting Africa,” partnership to bring electricity to one million households in Africa by the end of 2014. “We’re already close ...

His most recent venture is Akon Lighting Africa which is providing solar power to African countries. Now he has turned his attention to digital currencies and its underlying blockchain technology.

Grammy-nominated artist and producer Akon has partnered with Color of Change to bring the Jollof, Music & Food Festival to Atlanta through his project Akon Lighting Africa. On Saturday (July 23 ...

Rapper Akon has taken on a pretty big task in 2014. The “Locked Up” and “Smack That” crooner plans to bring solar electricity to more than 1 million homes in Africa.

Visiting New York this week for the United Nations' Sustainable Energy for All e4all summit, Akon and his two co-founders of Akon Lighting Africa, Samba Bathily and Thione Niang, took time out of ...

In 2014, he launched a project called Akon Lighting Africa which brought electricity to 15 countries in Africa.

Now, Akon's trying to give back to the community: He's recently undertaken a charity initiative to bring that power back to Africa, and light the country up. Literally.