Akon City: Wakanda-style $6bn project abandoned by Senegal

Singer Akon's plans for $6,000,000,000 futuristic 'Wakanda' city ditched

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Senegal ditches Akon's 'unrealistic' city project

Designed with curvy skyscrapers and sleek infrastructure, early renderings of Akon City drew comparisons to Marvel's fictional African metropolis Wakanda

Akon City: Wakanda-style $6bn project abandoned by Senegal

Something more realistic will replace ambitious plans dreamt up by singer Akon, officials tell the BBC.

Wakanda not forever: Plans for futuristic African city fall apart

The city plan was scrapped after years of delays and reported mismanagement.

What Happened to Akon City? Inside the Collapse of a $6 Billion Dream

The highly publicized Akon City project, once billed as a futuristic $6 billion smart city in Senegal, has officially been shelved, according to Senegalese authorities. Speaking to the BBC, Serigne Mamadou Mboup, head of SAPCO (Senegal’s tourism development agency), confirmed: “The Akon City project no longer exists.” The announcement marks the formal end of a project that once promised to transform 800 hectares of coastal land near Mbodiène, ab…

Akon's futuristic $6bn city project in Senegal abandoned

Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped, and instead he will work on something more realistic, officials say. “The Akon City project no longer exists,” Serigne Mamadou Mboup, the head of Senegal’s tourism development body, Sapco, told the BBC. “Fortunately, an agreement has been reached between Sapco and the entrepreneur Alioune Badara Thiam [aka Akon]. What he’s preparing with us is a realistic pro…