Tag: Idris Elba

Octopus Energy & Idris Elba kick off Sierra Leone’s first wind farm

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy’s generation arm, in partnership with Idris Elba, has kicked off its first renewables project in Africa, a pioneering wind farm on Sherbro Island in Sierra Leone. The company announced this milestone at this year’s World Climate Conference (COP29) which is currently taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, and brings together governments, businesses and other stakeholders to negotiate global climate strategies and policies. Octopus has submitted detailed plans to Sierra Leone’s government. The company is aiming to start construction of the wind farm – up to five turbines, complete with…

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Idris Elba and Prince’s Trust team up to launch Creative Futures project to create opportunities for young people in Manchester

Stuart Mitchell

The Elba Hope Foundation – founded by Idris and Sabrina Elba – has partnered with The Prince’s Trust on a new project to create opportunities for young people, launching today in Manchester. Creative Futures aims to inspire young people through the arts across Manchester. Over the next year, the project will provide free courses from The Prince’s Trust to help young people build the skills and confidence they need to find a job, train or start a business in the creative industries. Prince’s Trust alumnus Idris was supported by The Trust as…

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Octopus Energy partners with Idris Elba and Siaka Stevens’ Sherbro Alliance Partners to develop Sierra Leone’s first wind farm on Sherbro Island

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy’s generation arm has entered into a milestone partnership with Idris Elba and Siaka Stevens’ development company, Sherbro Alliance Partners (SAP), to build Sierra Leone’s first wind farm as part of the Sherbro Island City project. Announced at COP28, the collaboration and project will help accelerate the country’s monumental renewables opportunity and collect vital data to foster greater investment into green energy on Sherbro Island, across Sierra Leone and beyond. The deal will see Octopus build a first-of-its-kind renewables project for the country in 2024, with the potential to…

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Digital City Brings Attention to the Devastating Impact of Illiteracy in the United States

Stuart Mitchell

A powerful visualization of the extent of illiteracy in the United States has been unveiled today in the form of ‘IlliteraCity’. Supported by Actor and Activist, Idris Elba, in conjunction with Project Literacy a global campaign founded by digital education company Pearson, the city has been launched to bring to light the many real world problems that people who cannot read and write face. ‘IlliteraCity’ was constructed from real-world demographics and statistics around literacy, and was created to provide a startling representation of the ramifications illiteracy can have on a city…

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