Benin: Les nuits ne sont plus sombres (Nights are no longer dark)

Darkness envelops much of Africa when the sun sets each day. I shot and produced this multimedia piece for the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help them tells the story of a village in Benin where the lives of its inhabitants were transformed as a result of a rural electrification project. It documents how access to affordable energy can lift people out of poverty and shows how infrastructure investments can improve the quality of life in a remote community. (French language version, subtitled in English)

The narrative is unscripted and based on an interview with Pierre A. Doigbé, Deputy Mayor of the village of Aguégué.

© Arne Hoel/AfDB - www.armehoel.com

Client: The African Development Bank (AfDB)

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• development
• développement
• Benin
• Africa
• Afrique
• West Africa
• Afrique d'Ouest
• Les Aguégués
• Aguégués
• infrastructure
• energy
• des énergies
• electricity
• électricité
• power
• courant
• power pool
• rural
• rurale
• African Development Fund
• African Development Bank
• AfDB
• Fonds africain de développment
• multimedia