Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grammy-nominated rapper Akon once had dreams of developing the African city of the future. Those dreams never got close to ...

Five years after Grammy-nominated artist Akon announced his ambitious plans to construct a futuristic, cryptocurrency-powered city in Senegal, the project has officially been scrapped. What was once ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Akon’s $6 billion plan for a real-life Wakanda on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast “no longer exists,” said Serigne Mamadou Mboup, head of ...

(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 2020, Senegalese-American singer Akon vowed to create "a real-life Wakanda" in Senegal. But four years on, his futuristic city remains little more than a pipe dream. The West African nation had ...

The spectacular $6 billion (£4.47 billion) 'Wakanda' vision was meant to transform Akon City into a futuristic hub, yet it seems this ambitious dream has stalled. Now, as details emerge of Akon's ...

For the unversed, the Senegalese American R&B star got the ball rolling on his eponymous city, estimated to cost $6 billion, back in 2020, when Senegal permitted Akon to build near a farming village ...

Akon says he's planning to release a new cryptocurrency named after himself - called Akoin. Speaking at the Cannes Lions Festival on Monday, the Locked Up singer said he believed cryptocurrency could ...

View post: Nancy Guthrie Update: Sheriff’s Department Releases New Statement Grammy-nominated rapper Akon once had dreams of developing the African city of the future. Those dreams never got close to ...