A fter nearly seven years of hype, delays, and confusion, Akon’s ambitious plan to build a $6 billion futuristic city in ...

Akon’s $6 billion plan for a real-life Wakanda on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast “no longer exists,” said Serigne Mamadou Mboup, head of Sapco-Senegal, the state agency overseeing coastal and tourism ...

HE’S the Noughties R&B legend behind hits like Slap That and Lonely – but proud ‘polygamist’ Akon is anything but “Mr Lonely” ...

Herds of cows meander across the one-lane highway that leads down Senegal's coast to Mbodiene, a farming village surrounded ...

Akon has already dominated the music charts, but now he has an even bigger ambition – to build his own city. While other musicians build huge mansions and collect fancy cars, Akon is choosing to make ...

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.

R&B singer Akon doesn’t want Wakanda to just be a fictional place in the blockbuster movie Black Panther. He wants to build one in real life in Senegal worth $6B. “We are looking at Akon City to ...

The singer was gifted with a plot of land from President Macky Sall for the development, and it will affectionately be called, 'Crypto City' Akon is building his own city in Senegal, on a 2,000-acre ...

Akon's estranged wife, Tomeka Thiam, filed for divorce in September, four days shy of their 29th wedding anniversary.

Though most people know him for his music, Akon has been busy with other business ventures in recent years. The Senegalese-American singer has been increasingly involved in the cryptocurrency space ...