Akon’s ambitious $6 billion plan to build a Wakanda-inspired smart city in Senegal has been officially abandoned.

Celebrity singer-songerwriter Akon has been left red-faced after his ambitious plans to build a futuristic seaside city to the tune of £4.4bn has descended into chaos ...

The first was Akon City - reportedly costed at $6bn (£5bn). It was to run on the second initiative - a brand new cryptocurrency called Akoin.

Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something more realistic, officials say. "The Akon City project no longer exists ...

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.

Akon, famous for his 2000s music hits, was born in the US but raised partly in Senegal. In 2018, he announced two bold initiatives: a $6 billion smart city and a cryptocurrency called Akoin ...

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