1. Former ruling-party prime ministers Idrissa Seck and Macky Sall have both launched independent presidential campaigns, as well.

2. Renewable energy minister Seck said solar power could rapidly improve the daily lives of the Senegalese people.

3. University student Mohamed Moustapha Seck says young people feel the country is falling backwards.

4. Seck says engineers are trying to combine solar power with the national electricity provider, Senelec.

5. Seck says Senegal's leaders boast that this is an emerging market, but there is not even a regular supply of electricity.

6. Senegal's Minister of Renewable Energy, Louis Seck, says that is especially important here in the Sahel.