{"id":679487,"date":"2025-07-11T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T03:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akon-city-has-officially-been-cancelled\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T06:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T03:30:26","slug":"akon-city-has-officially-been-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akon-city-has-officially-been-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon City has officially been cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26eb95b5607\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/akon-city-has-officially-been-cancelled\/#Most_of_the_land_allocated_for_Akons_planned_6_billion_coastal_city_has_been_seized_by_the_government_of_Senegal_though_it_will_still_work_with_Akon_on_a_%E2%80%9Ctourism_hub%E2%80%9D\" >Most of the land allocated for Akon\u2019s planned $6 billion coastal city has been seized by the government of Senegal, though it will still work with Akon on a \u201ctourism hub.\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Most_of_the_land_allocated_for_Akons_planned_6_billion_coastal_city_has_been_seized_by_the_government_of_Senegal_though_it_will_still_work_with_Akon_on_a_%E2%80%9Ctourism_hub%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Most of the land allocated for Akon\u2019s planned $6 billion coastal city has been seized by the government of Senegal, though it will still work with Akon on a \u201ctourism hub.\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272276\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1040156118_alq0cp\/akon-in-2018-photo-by-leigh-vogel-getty-images-for-concordia-summit.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1040156118_alq0cp\/akon-in-2018-photo-by-leigh-vogel-getty-images-for-concordia-summit.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1040156118_alq0cp\/akon-in-2018-photo-by-leigh-vogel-getty-images-for-concordia-summit.jpg 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Photo by Leigh Vogel\/Getty Images for Concordia Summit<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272275\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Akon City, a planned $6 billion development on the coast of Senegal spearheaded by the singer , is no more, <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-07-08\/senegal-ends-akon-s-wakanda-plan-in-favor-of-1-billion-resort\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/i> reports. Most of the land allocated for the project has been reclaimed by the government of Senegal after Akon failed to meet development benchmarks for his city, first announced in 2020 and inspired by Wakanda, the futuristic African metropolis from <i>Black Panther<\/i>.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Serigne Mamadou Mboup, head of Sapco-Senegal, the country&#8217;s branch for developing its coastal regions, confirmed that Akon City &#8220;no longer exists&#8221; in a statement to L\u2019Agence de presse s\u00e9n\u00e9galaise. Instead, Senegal and Akon will collaborate on a scaled-back $1 billion &#8220;tourism hub&#8221; consisting of hotels, marina, and more developed on 8 acres of land with the help of private funding.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Akon City was envisaged as a solar-powered hub for African ingenuity and development lined by skyscrapers, condos, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> parks. Akon&#8217;s cryptocurrency, Akoin, would have been the official currency. 136 acres of land 60 miles south of the Senegalese capital of Dakar were allocated for the project, but the government sent Akon <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-08-02\/singer-akon-s-multibillion-dollar-futuristic-city-in-africa-gets-final-notice\">its final notice<\/a> in August 2024 over a lack of progress. By that time, only a youth center, basketball court, and Akon City information hub had been constructed.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Jordan Darville<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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