Senegalese authorities have officially abandoned Akon’s ambitious $6 billion smart city project. The government has reclaimed most of the land that was allocated for the proposed futuristic “Wakanda” ...

Akon’s plans for a multibillion-dollar city development on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast has been scrapped. According to Bloomberg, the West African country has instead opted for a scaled-back project that ...

Akon may not be lonely for much longer. The famed R&B singer is going ahead with plans to build a new $6 billion smart city in Senegal where nationals can live and work—and where members of the ...

On August 31, Senegalese-American singer Akon announced that he plans to proceed with the creation of Akon City. The utopian city was an idea of Akon’s first publicized in 2018, but has been made ...

*A former business partner of Akon has described the artist’s Senegal city plans to a Ponzi scheme. We previously reported that Akon is not only building a futuristic city in Senegal, the former ...

Is a pop idol building Wakanda? Akon announced on his social-media channels on Monday that he is building a city of the future in Africa. “Just finalized the agreement for AKON CITY in Senegal.

Amadou Gueye, director-general of the Agency for the Development and Promotion of Industrial Sites, said that Chinese ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs ran his city years ago, but Aliaune Damala Badara “Akon” Thiam is actually building his own! According to The Shade Room, the singer should have his own city built in 10 years. The ...

Every day, Gora Fall, a fisherman in Senegal's northern city of Saint-Louis, heads to sea with a mix of emotions: hope and frustration. He hopes he will get a better catch than the previous day, yet ...

SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal -- When the gas rig arrived off the coast of Saint-Louis, residents of this seaside Senegalese town found reason to hope. Fishing has long been the community's lifeblood, but the ...

A boat carrying 112 migrants hoping to reach Europe from Senegal ran aground on Tuesday morning in the capital city of Dakar, according to local authorities. The migrants were likely aiming to sail ...