In 2018, singer Akon announced plans for a futuristic city that drew comparisons to the fictional African metropolis of Wakanda. The initial phase of the $5 billion Akon City–including roads, homes, ...

Akon’s $6 billion plan for a real-life Wakanda on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast “no longer exists,” said Serigne Mamadou Mboup, head of Sapco-Senegal, the state agency overseeing coastal and tourism ...

(NewsNation) — R&B singer Akon’s $6 billion plans to build a futuristic city on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast have been cancelled. Instead, the country plans to create a privately funded tourism hub. In ...

Akon is shutting down rumors that his dream project, “Akon City,” has been scrapped. The ambitious city, first unveiled in 2018, was pitched as a cutting-edge, crypto-powered hub designed to transform ...

The Senegalese-American musician and millionaire Akon is still moving forward with his quixotic quest to build a city named - yes - “Akon City” in Senegal that will run on a cryptocurrency named ...

At the 2018 Cannes Lion Festival, Akon stated that his cryptocurrency, Akoin, would bring freedom back to Africa. In a way, it brings financial security decentralization away from governments. However ...

Akon still believes in the prospects of African investment, as he laid out in an interview on the Revolt podcast, Assets Over Liabilities. According to Yahoo, Akon implored Black people to pool ...

*Akon has finalized an agreement for the establishment of his own city in Senegal, called Akon City. The singer/entrepreneur shared a photo on Instagram from the deal-finalizing moment, and he ...

Akon City won’t see the light of day. Grammy-nominated rapper Akon once had dreams of developing the African city of the future. Those dreams never got close to becoming a reality. Plans for “Akon ...