P lans for a $6 billion futuristic city in Senegal, envisioned by U.S.-born singer Akon and inspired by the fictional Wakanda ...

Akons dream of building a futuristic $6 billion city in Senegal, modeled after Wakanda, has been reportedly shelved. The ...

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.

Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something ...

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 will not be ...

Senegal government have confirmed that plans for a futuristic city in Senegal, proposed by singer Akon, have officially been ...

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 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 portrayed ...

Akon's futuristic $6billion city in Senegal 'has been SCRAPPED' and will be swapped for 'a realistic project' By KEVIN ADJEI-DARKO. Published: 08:24 EDT, 4 July 2025 | Updated: 09:14 EDT, 4 July 2025 ...

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.

R&B singer Akon says work will begin in 2021 to create his vision for a futuristic, high-tech city in Senegal that will run on solar power and use cryptocurrencies.