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Celebrity rapper and campaigner, Akon has teamed up with oil and gas company, Shell, to help promote its #makethefuture campaign.
Through the program, Shell is looking for entrepreneurs with ground-breaking ideas on how to create alternative energy solutions.
Along with DJ Hardwerk, the singer released the single “Tell Me We’re OK,” which highlights the launch of Africa’s first human and solar powered football field in Lagos, Nigeria created by Pavegen in the music video.
Ninety floor tiles under the field turns the player’s movements into kinetic energy.
Akon, who was raised in West African country of Senegal, is the ambassador for the project.
