
Bright Future
Akbar Khan has always felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. The only son in a family of six, he was one of the few people to make it past grade eight, not only in his extended family but also his entire village
Akbar Khan has always felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. The only son in a family of six, he was one of the few people to make it past grade eight, not only in his extended family but also his entire village
Last week, I was in rural Punjab, Pakistan to visit one of Acumen’s investments, Nizam Bijli, a company that brings affordable solar electricity to low-income communities—and, in doing so, carries with it the promise of enormous human transformation. Imagine living as those communities have done