A major African country is set to benefit from a new £4.7billion city that is being funded by a popstar. Named Akon City, the ...

In 2018, Akon shared his plans of building a futuristic pan-African city in his home country of Senegal, describing it ... freeze the singer’s assets in New York until a judgment is reached ...

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Your guide to the most important world stories of ...

But as far as we know, neither Senegal nor Akon have their own supply of vibranium ... like he may be talking about Diamniadio, the new city currently under development. The idea for the new ...

Is Senegal’s Akon City an impossible dream? A futuristic city with atypical architecture, immersed in high-tech and propelled by solar energy and the crypto-currency launched by musician Akon, Akon ...

Akon City is a futuristic metropolis planned for Senegal by Senegalese-American rapper singer Akon. The project was first announced by Akon in 2018 - with the singer saying he was inspired by the ...

Speaking to Metro about his new song, aptly titled Akon’s Beautiful Day, the music icon revealed that he noticed that the ...

Acclaimed singer Akon has set the ball rolling on a futuristic city in Senegal. Hi-tech 'Akon City' will use cryptocurrency and be a place without borders, he said in Abu Dhabi. Senegal ...

It was to run on the second initiative - a brand new cryptocurrency called ... as the primary payment method at Akon City. The current legal tender in Senegal is the CFA franc, which is regulated ...