( 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.

Singer Akon's once a $6B Wakanda-inspired dream, Akon City, is now officially scrapped. Here's what it promised, and what's ...

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The Senegalese government has officially cancelled the $6 billion (R106 billion) Akon City project. Years of sluggish growth ...

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