Akon: ‘I don't think charities in Africa work’
by Joshua Surtees in Paris from on (#PFZ9)
US-Senegalese rapper Akon has launched an ambitious energy project in Africa. But will it be as successful as his music?
As night falls across Africa bustling cities light up and neighbourhoods begin to buzz, fed by traffic from well-lit roads. In the countryside, meanwhile, villages are plunged into darkness, shutting down the night-time economies of rural communities as restaurants and shops close and children light candles to do their homework.
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