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 ...

Senegalese authorities have officially abandoned Akon’s ambitious $6 billion smart city project. The government has reclaimed most of the land that was allocated for the proposed futuristic “Wakanda” ...

Akon has already dominated the music charts, but now he has an even bigger ambition – to build his own city. While other musicians build huge mansions and collect fancy cars, Akon is choosing to make ...

Akon's plans to build a futuristic city in Senegal might have been scrapped, but the land that was supposed to house it apparently won't be going to waste. Back in 2020, the "Locked Up" hitmaker ...

The singer was gifted with a plot of land from President Macky Sall for the development, and it will affectionately be called, 'Crypto City' Akon is building his own city in Senegal, on a 2,000-acre ...

Is a pop idol building Wakanda? Akon announced on his social-media channels on Monday that he is building a city of the future in Africa. “Just finalized the agreement for AKON CITY in Senegal.

Akon has been talking about launching his own cryptocurrency, Akoin, for a good year and a half now. His plan also involved launching an “Akon Crypto City” on a 2,000-acre plot of land in his native ...

Akon is building a city in Senegal named after himself. The Senegalese-American singer has secured a $6 billion contract to break ground on Akon City, a “futuristic cryptocurrency themed” city that ...

SENEGAL, Africa - Rapper and entrepreneur Akon has created a new city in Senegal that trades exclusively with his own digital cash currency. The agreement for “Akon City” was finalized on Monday, ...