IUmsunguli wobuzwe baseCongo (iCongo-Brazzaville), owayehlala eFrance, u-Edgar Hardy wakha isibani selanga asibiza ngokuthi uMona, okusho ukuthi “ukubona” ngesiLingala. Lo msunguli wafunda e-Ecole Centrale de Paris futhi kubambisene nalokhu lapho wenza khona isibani saseMona njengosomabhizinisi. Ngempela, u-Edgar Hardy uyinhloko yeSolar21, inkampani yakhe.
Ngesikhathi eseyingane, kwakudingeka angene ngaphansi kwezibani zemithambo eyinhloko ukuze afunde futhi afunde ngoba wayengenawo ugesi ekhaya. Nanamuhla, amaphesenti amancane kakhulu ama-Afrika athola ugesi njalo. U-Edgar Hardy, ekwakheni isibani sakhe selanga, angathanda ukunikeza esinye isixazululo esifaneleke kangcono kunesibani sikaphalafini noma ikhandlela kulabo abaphucwa ugesi.