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

The Senegalese government has confirmed that instead of the ambitious plan, it had been scrapped to make way for something ...

Designed with curvy skyscrapers and sleek modern infrastructure, early renderings of Akon City drew comparisons to Marvel's ...

Plans for a $6 billion futuristic city in Senegal, envisioned by U.S.-born singer Akon and inspired by the fictional Wakanda ...

Plans for "Akon City," a futuristic metropolis modeled to be a "real-life Wakanda," made waves when the public first learned ...

Singer Akon’s plans for a $6 billion city in Senegal have been abandoned in favour of something more ‘realistic’. Dubbed ...

Akon City is promising a bit of everything: a seaside resort, a tech hub, recording studios and even a zone dubbed "Senewood'' that developers hope will help develop Senegal's film industry.

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