For singer/rapper Akon, the future involves a near-fantasy development that would see dusty western Africa converted into an ultra-innovative city that includes parking for. News.

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 ...

Senegalese-American singer Akon just secured an $8.7billion contract to develop "Akon City', ... Check out this sleek and svelte skyline. And whatever the heck this is. Want a bird’s eye view?

R&B singer Akon is officially moving ahead with his plans to build a futuristic pan-African city in his native Senegal that he previously likened to the fictional city of Wakanda from the movie ...

Akon, who is bringing electricity to 600 million people in Africa, is the exact definition of someone who gives back. The singer said he has been building his own futuristic city in Senegal that ...

Multi-platinum artist Akon shared updates on his ambitious $6 billion Akon City project in Senegal during a recent AllHipHop interview.

Akon's father was born in Senegal and Akon spent a lot of time there as a child. In 2020, the "Locked Up" singer announced plans to build Akon City, a high-tech, eco-friendly urban center inspired ...

Akon City will be here before we know it, according to Akon. During a recent interview, Akon confirmed that the city he is building in Senegal will be open for living by 2026. In addition to that ...

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 ...

A herd of cattle walk past the bare bones construction of the first building to be built for Akon City, the welcome centre, in Mbodiene on October 26, 2023. Senegal Photograph: Guy Peterson/The ...