Akon City - Wikipedia
WEBAkon City is a planned community in the M'bour Department of Senegal by Senegalese singer and entrepreneur Akon. The project was first announced by Akon in 2018. [1] Akon said in October 2022 that construction of the city's first phase would begin in 2023 and be completed in 2028.
Akon created his own city in Senegal called ‘Akon City’ - CNN
WEBJan 14, 2020 · It’s official, Akon has his own city in Senegal. Known as “Akon City,” the rapper and entrepreneur tweeted Monday that he had finalized the agreement for the new city.
6 years later, here is an update on Akon City - Face2Face Africa
WEBJul 22, 2024 · The Locked Up singer, who spent most of his childhood in the West African nation, announced that the city will use a cryptocurrency called AKoin.
Akon Will Begin Building His $6 Billion 'Akon City' in Africa in 2021
WEBDec 15, 2020 · The famed R&B singer is going ahead with plans to build a new $6 billion smart city in Senegal where nationals can live and work—and where members of the African Diaspora will always be welcome.
Finding the funds for a $6 billion dream city - Business Insider
WEBSep 15, 2020 · Akon is moving forward with plans to build a $6 billion sustainable smart city in Senegal called Akon City. The Senegalese American singer said the 2,000-acre futuristic metropolis would...
Akon City photos, plan, construction progress, completion date
WEBApr 6, 2022 · Akon City is a 2,000-acre futuristic metropolis that the Senegalese American singer plans to build in Senegal. He first announced the project in 2018 in Senegal along with the Senegal Minister of Tourism, Alioune Sarrin. The city is a designated special tax zone by the Senegalese government.
R&B singer Akon is building a ‘real-life Wakanda’ in Senegal | CNN
WEBSep 2, 2020 · CNN — The award-winning R&B singer Akon is going ahead with ambitious plans to build a “futuristic” city in Senegal that he says will be a real-life version of Wakanda, the hi-tech nation...
Is Senegal’s Akon City an impossible dream?
WEBApr 5, 2023 · In August 2020, Senegalese-American singer Akon laid the foundation stone for a smart city located over 100km south of Dakar, but work has yet to begin. Delays threaten to stop this pharaonic project that local politicians suspect is a hoax.
Akon City, Senegal: What neighbors think of the star’s smart city ...
WEBJan 28, 2021 · Akon City has been compared to Wakanda: the fictional city in “Black Panther” that captured imaginations, giving a much-needed revamp to images of Africa. But Akon City’s no symbol. Its...
Akon City - YouTube
WEBR&B singer Akon has a close relationship with Senegal where he spent his early childhood. He is now working on some major changes to build a new city near Da...
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