Akon’s Dreams of a Futuristic Wakanda-Inspired City Project Won’t Come True

Final August, we informed you about Akon’s plans to construct “Akon Metropolis,” a $6 billion Wakanda-inspired metropolis of tomorrow. With 136 acres of land granted by the Senegalese authorities, his futuristic metropolis, situated simply exterior the capital metropolis of Dakar, would come with state-of-the-art condos, amusement parks, a seaside resort, hospitals and a college, all powered by photo voltaic vitality, and his Akoin cryptocurrency.

However don’t begin packing your luggage simply but. It appears just like the lights received’t be approaching in Akon Metropolis in spite of everything.

Though the primary section of the large venture was initially speculated to be accomplished by 2023, all that was constructed was a youth heart, a basketball courtroom and a small info heart, in keeping with Bloomberg’s reporting.

After several missed funds to the federal government and a dramatic devaluation of his cryptocurrency, Akon lastly obtained an ultimatum in 2024. Sapco-Senegal, a state-owned firm targeted on creating Senegal and driving tourism gave the “Locked Up” artist two weeks to start out engaged on making his thought a actuality.

Now, Bloomberg has reported that the pinnacle of Sapco-Senegal informed the Senegalese press that the thought of Akon Metropolis is formally lifeless.

That venture “not exists,” Serigne Mamadou Mboup informed the Senegalese press.

As a substitute, the federal government has taken again the land and Sapco is shifting ahead with a $1.2 billion plan to show the world right into a vacationer vacation spot with with inns, flats, a marina and promenade.

Jean Wally Sene, who’s a instructor and resident of Mbodiène, the place Akon’s land was situated, hopes that the brand new authorities venture will assist stimulate the financial system and make it a spot folks need to keep.

“For a really very long time, folks, together with Akon, have been coming right here attempting to promote us goals and illusions,” Sene informed Bloomberg. “Lastly, there’s a dream for Mbodiène that we dare to consider in.”