The singer bit off more than he could chew with his Senegal city, and now the land will be used to house hotels, apartments, a marina and more.

Akon’s futuristic $6 billion city in Senegal has officially been abandoned after years of delays and no construction beyond a single building.

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

Construction has officially begun on the Mbodiene seaside resort, a major development located on the Petite Côte in Senegal's ...

Akon’s $6 billion plan for a real-life Wakanda on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast “no longer exists,” said Serigne Mamadou Mboup, ...

It looks like Senegal has officially abandoned its plans to develop a new city with help from Akon and his cryptocurrency.

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

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

Akon's grand dream of Akon City, a cutting-edge metropolis inspired by Wakanda, has met an untimely demise as the Senegalese ...

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

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