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” ...

In 2020, Senegal officially granted Akon 136 acres of land in Mbodiène to construct the city.

Akon’s plans for a multibillion-dollar city development on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast has been scrapped. According to Bloomberg, the West African country has instead opted for a scaled-back project that ...

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 ...

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 ...