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Singer Akon launches academy to help Africans harness the sunshine

2015-05-21 18:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Senegalese-American singer Akon, whose Akon Lighting Africa initiative aims to bring electricity to some of the 600 million Africans who lack it, announced on Thursday the launch of a new "Solar Academy" for the continent. The institution, scheduled to open this summer in Bamako, Mali's capital, will try to give African engineers and entrepreneurs the skills needed to develop solar power. European experts will help supply training equipment and programs. The academy will aim to teach people...

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