( 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.

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The Akon city project was expected to be completed by 2023 but has since faced significant challenges and delays.

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

The 52-year-old first announced plans for this futuristic Wakanda-esque cityscape seven years ago, which was designed to operate on his new cryptocurrency 'Akoin'.

Senegal has scrapped Akon's $6 billion Akon City project, inspired by Wakanda, due to delays and lack of progress. Announced ...

Rapper and Millionaire, Akon's planned Akon City will no longer be a reality. The Senegalese government will now build a ...

After years of speculation, plans to develop the cryptocurrency-powered Akon City have reportedly been called off.

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

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

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.

A city worthy of Wakanda At the time of its launch, "Akon City" embodied the promise of a new, green and high-tech city, imagined by Akon himself and backed by former president Macky Sall (2012-2024).