Akon’s $6 billion plan for a real-life Wakanda on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast “no longer exists,” said Serigne Mamadou Mboup, head of Sapco-Senegal, the state agency overseeing coastal and tourism ...

Senegalese authorities have officially abandoned Akon’s ambitious $6 billion smart city project. The government has reclaimed most of the land that was allocated for the proposed futuristic “Wakanda” ...

Akon's plans to build a futuristic city in Senegal might have been scrapped, but the land that was supposed to house it apparently won't be going to waste. Back in 2020, the "Locked Up" hitmaker ...

Akon’s futuristic $6 billion city in Senegal has officially been abandoned after years of delays and no construction beyond a single building. Akon saw his $6 billion vision for a futuristic city in ...

Producer, singer, rapper, and developer Akon is clearing up any rumors and confusion about his ongoing “Akon City” project in Senegal after reports surfaced that the $6 billion project was being ...

Akon is making it clear that his futuristic $6 billion Akon City project in Senegal is still alive and progressing, despite speculation suggesting otherwise. While speaking with TMZ Hip Hop during a ...

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," ...

An African country has scrapped a legendary musician’s plans to build a futuristic city in his native land. Music mogul Akon, who grew up in Union City and Newark, originally aimed to build a ...

Senegal has officially cancelled R&B singer Akon’s ambitious plans to build a multibillion-dollar city along the country’s Atlantic coast, replacing it with a more modest, privately funded development ...

Rapper Akon has set his sights on building a sprawling $6 billion city in his Senegal homeland to welcome Africans of the diaspora to their "home back home". The R&B; star boasting two multi-platinum ...

*Akon’s vision to build a $6 billion futuristic city in Senegal has come to a halt. The Senegalese government confirmed that the ambitious project, which once promised to create a high-tech utopia ...