President Adama Barrow has said that contrary to widespread speculation, the electricity in his home village of Mankamang Kunda was funded by the Senegalese-American singer Aliaune Badara Thiam, popularly known as Akon through his #AkonlightingAfrica initiative. The #AkonlightingAfrica initiative seeks to address energy insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa where two-thirds of the population is without electricity. … Continue reading Mankamang Kunda is electrified by AKON’s project – Barrow