The "Locked Up" rapper's dream for a futuristic Senegalese city may not become a reality.

( NewsNation) — R&B singer Akon’s $6 billion plans to build a futuristic city on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast have been cancelled. Instead, the country plans to create a privately funded tourism hub.

Plans for a vast multi-billion-dollar city in West Africa have been scrapped in favour of a more "realistic" project, ...

Akon's futuristic city in Senegal, known as Akon City, has officially been scrapped. Now the nation will use the land to ...

Akon's $6 billion futuristic city project in Senegal officially scrapped after five years of failed promises, replaced with ...

Akon’s $6 billion ‘Wakanda-inspired’ city in Africa has been reportedly abandoned after years of delays and limited progress.

The state-backed developmental program said it now plans to spend 665 billion CFA francs ($1.2 billion) to transform the area into a tourist hotspot. The space is set to include hotels, apartments, ...

Akon City was painted as a smart city powered by renewable energy but construction has been all but stagnant over the last ...

Senegal scrapped R&B singer Akon's plans for a multi-billion-dollar city development on the country's Atlantic Coast, and ...

Akon failed to deliver on his dream of a real-life Wakanda in the debt-stricken country. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Akon’s futuristic $6 billion city in Senegal has officially been abandoned after years of delays and no construction beyond a single building.

The Senegalese Government has decided to cancel the $6 billion Akon City project, which was first introduced in 2020 by ...