Akon failed to deliver on his dream of a real-life Wakanda in the debt-stricken country. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

The Senegalese tourism agency SAPCO, which had partnered with Akon, confirmed that the Akon City project is no longer moving forward. Its head, Serigne Mamadou Mboup, told the BBC that a new, more ...

"Fortunately, an agreement has been reached between Sapco and the entrepreneur Alioune Badara Thiam [aka Akon]. What he's preparing with us is a realistic project, which Sapco will fully support." ...

What he's preparing with us is a realistic project, which Sapco will fully support." The original plans for Akon City sound borderline silly in hindsight.

Akon's plan to build a $6 billion dollar Akon City in Senegal, supported by his Akoin cryptocurrency, is not working out.

Senegal has officially axed plans for Akon City, the wildly ambitious $6 billion crypto-metropolis dreamed up by singer-turned-visionary Akon.