How is it going to be?

Akon announced that he will build a new futuristic city in his home country of Senegal in 2020. “Akon City” will be powered by green and solar energy, feature apartments, a beach resort, and a university. But most importantly, it will use the Akoin cryptocurrency as its primary source of exchange.

Akon promised that the African country would soon have a “futuristic city,” a “real Wakanda,” which could become a model for “what African society should be like in the future.”

Akon city should have very futuristic buildings / Photo: Hussein Bakri/consultant BAD/Semer Group

To make this dream come true Almost nothing has been done so farAccording to Bloomberg, the Senegalese government, which provided Akon with vast tracts of land for the construction of a new futuristic metropolis, is “running out of patience.” Sapco-Senegal, the government agency responsible for tourism and development in the country, sent Akon “formal notice” of the need to start work on the project after failing to receive a series of scheduled payments from the singer. If there is no development in the near future, the government will seize most of the land it previously gave to the company.

Akon was actively promoting the project but has been less active recently. Akoncity.com, which previously featured details of the city’s development plans, now simply redirects to Akon’s personal site.