Senegal's government has scrapped plans for Akon City, the multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency city project led by R&B singer Akon. Akon City has been cancelled in favour of a scaled-back tourist ...

R&B singer Akon’s $6 billion plans to build a futuristic city on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast have been cancelled. Instead, the ...

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

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

The state-backed developmental program said it now plans to spend 665 billion CFA francs ($1.2 billion) to transform the area ...

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

Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something ...

Senegal cancels $6bn Akon City over delays and funding issues, pivoting to a scaled-down tourism project backed by private ...

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

Senegal, the country's branch for developing its coastal regions, confirmed that Akon City "no longer exists" in a statement ...

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

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