Wtf is this Akon thing even

The only article I can find is from a couple of years ago and it's a charity project with the
long term goal of doing that. He's not going to flip a switch tomorrow and suddenly all of Africa will have electricity.
Absolutely disgusting how some famous black men (all the people mentioning this are famous black men and it's clearly NOT just a coincidence, therefore it's relevant to mention it) are using this to (poorly) pass off their transphobia

Do they think they need to maintain some kind of macho anti-LGBT image or something?
Just vile.