Akon Got $1 Billion Chinese Credit Line & Gave Electricity to 80 Million Africans (Flashback)

In this flashback, Akon sat down with his artist, OG Boo Dirty, and spoke about growing up in poverty in Senegal and starting the Konfidence Foundation for underprivileged children in Africa once he found success. Akon then started the Akon Lighting Africa project, which provides electricity in 15 countries of Africa. During his conversation with VladTV, Akon spoke about the hurdles he had to overcome to make his vision come to life and getting a $1 billion credit line from China to make it happen. To hear more, hit the above clip.