Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing Monday that construction will begin next year on the $6 billion project despite global tourism’s uncertain future.
So far, the only tangible sign of construction of Akon City, aside from the Welcome Center, is a recently built youth center, the platform reported last December. The project was financed by Akon ...
Is Senegal’s Akon City an impossible dream? A futuristic city with atypical architecture, immersed in high-tech and propelled by solar energy and the crypto-currency launched by musician Akon, Akon ...