( NewsNation) — R&B singer Akon’s $6 billion plans to build a futuristic city on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast have been cancelled. Instead, the country plans to create a privately funded tourism hub.

Singer Akon's once a $6B Wakanda-inspired dream, Akon City, is now officially scrapped. Here's what it promised, and what's ...

Designed with curvy skyscrapers and sleek modern infrastructure, early renderings of Akon City drew comparisons to Marvel's ...

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The Akon city project was expected to be completed by 2023 but has since faced significant challenges and delays.

Akon's $6 billion futuristic city project in Senegal officially scrapped after five years of failed promises, replaced with ...

Reportedly costing $6 billion, Akon City was set to feature a uniquely curved skyscraper but after five years of setbacks, the 800-hectare site based in Mbodiène is still void of any life.