Off the Grid Club to bring energy to Africa & music to London
Faithless percussionist Sudha Kheterpal & EnergyNet kick off with June gig at the Africa Energy Forum
Off the Grid logo(firmenpresse) - Faithless percussionist Sudha Kheterpal & EnergyNet kick off with June gig at the Africa Energy Forum
London, UK, 15 June 2016 – Sudha Kheterpal, the British-Indian musician and percussionist in Faithless, is supporting the launch of the Off the Grid Club. The idea for the club has been developed and nurtured by EnergyNet, the pioneering energy-focused organizer of forums and collaborations designed to facilitate investment in Africa’s power and industrial sectors.
Off the Grid Club provides a networking platform for technology providers and financiers working in Africa’s off-grid energy space and launches in festival style on the 23rd June with a gig celebrating African music at the Africa Energy Forum in London.
The Off the Grid Club gig will bring together a diverse range of artists including Fuse ODG, the MOBO Award winning British-Ghanaian rapper; Imaani, the silky voice behind the iconic band, Incognito; Afriquoi, the five piece outfit fusing African melodies and rhythms with house, funky, garage and dubstep; and DJ Rita Ray, the club and radio DJ who helped to rejuvenate London's world music scene with the Mambo Inn.
“We have to draw attention to the energy and power needs of people throughout rural Africa, who have no electricity to rely on, which is why we are kicking off the Off the Grid Club with this event” said Sudha Kheterpal, organiser of the Off the Grid Club Gig. She has toured the world with Faithless and other huge acts, such as the Spice Girls and Dido, and understands the value of music in unifying people as well as the energy needed for performances. It was this understanding that inspired her to start the Shake Your Power initiative to bring clean energy and education through the power of music.
Off The Grid Club
EnergyNet is launching the Off the Grid Club with the support founding members Shake Your Power, PowerTurtle and Solektra International.
The aim of the club is to foster relationships between off-the-grid technology providers, micro-financiers and regional leaders in order to build momentum for the development of off-the-grid power solutions and energy access in Africa.
Two thirds of African residents have no access to electricity and so suffer restricted access to education and healthcare. The Off the Grid Club's aim is to help Africa meet its target in the international drive for universal access to energy by 2030. The ‘off-the-grid’ focus will provide a viable way to access energy in rural locations by taking advantage of falling energy prices, lower set-up costs and improved battery technology. With market-ready products that can deliver access to energy, communities can establish infrastructure they can build upon to stimulate economic growth going forward.
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Datum: 15.06.2016 - 12:04 Uhr
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