Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing Monday that construction will begin next year on the $6 billion project despite global tourism’s uncertain future.

The multiplatinum star, who is dubbing his futuristic new luxury development “Akon City,” was in the West African nation’s capital of Dakar on Monday to lay the lofty project’s ceremonial ...

Senegalese-American singer and songwriter Akon speaks to the press in a hotel in Dakar, on August 31, 2020, to present plans to create a city named "Akon City". - The rapper, whose real name is ...

The Senegalese-American musician and millionaire Akon is still moving forward with his quixotic quest to build a city named - yes - “Akon City” in Senegal that will run on a cryptocurrency ...

RnB singer Akon says his much-delayed plans for Akon City - an African metropolis on the Senegalese coast - are "100,000% moving". Although goats are currently grazing on the site, he says 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 ...

Akon is a strong believer in the future of Africa. Back in 2020, the musician and businessman first announced that he was spearheading a $6 billion project — Akon City — as previously shared ...

Multi-platinum artist Akon shared updates on his ambitious $6 billion Akon City project in Senegal during a recent AllHipHop interview with Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur. The entrepreneur admitted ...

The vision for the city began as a technological and economic hub for Africa, including luxury apartments, a cryptocurrency-based economy and progressive energy solutions. Akon stressed the ...

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 ...

He also hasn’t allowed critiques or obstacles discourage him from his goal of completing the building of Akon City in Africa, which he hopes will be a central destination for natives and ...