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

Akon’s ‘wakanda’ dream meets harsh realities Spanning 800 hectares along Senegal’s Atlantic coast, Akon City was pitched as a high-tech hub filled with hospitals, schools, shopping centers ...

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 ...

Akon's grand plans to build a £4.3 billion futuristic city in Senegal have officially been scrapped five years after the singer promised to turn a remote stretch of West African coastline into a ...

In 2018, Akon announced a cryptocurrency called Akoin and plans for a $6 billion Wakanda-style metropolis in his native country Senegal. Now, seven years later, Senegal has confirmed that the city ...

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 ...

The city has been compared to the fictional country of Wakanda, from Marvel’s Black Panther (Picture: Hussein Bakri/BAD Consultant/Semer Group) Singer Akon’s plans for a $6 billion city in ...

Akon's futuristic $6bn city project in Senegal abandoned, BBC told 3 days ago Nicolas Négoce, Natasha Booty & Jonathan Griffin BBC News ...