Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing Monday that construction will begin next year on the $6 billion project despite global tourism’s uncertain ...

Akon’s Plans to Build a ‘Real-Life Wakanda’ in Senegal Have Been Scrapped The country will turn the allotted area into a $1 billion tourist hub instead. Published on July 10, 2025 By Nicole Hoey ...

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 ...

Akon originally announced plans for the city back in 2018. He described it as a “real-life Wakanda,” but the country will now use it as a tourist hub.

“Akon City” was initially announced by the artist in 2018 as a “real-life Wakanda,” a reference to the fictional homeland of Black Panther from Marvel’s 2018 blockbuster film, “Black ...

Turns out Akon’s real-life Wakanda wasn’t meant to last forever. For the unversed, the Senegalese American R&B star got the ball rolling on his eponymous city, estimated to cost $6 billion ...

Plans for "Akon City," a futuristic metropolis modeled to be a "real-life Wakanda," made waves when the public first learned of the initiative in 2018.

Speaking to Nick Cannon in December 2019, Akon explained his goals for the city saying “It’s a 10-year building block so we’re doing it in stages. We started construction in March and stage ...

Announced in 2018, “Akon City” was initially pitched as a “real-life Wakanda,” inspired by the fictional, futuristic African nation from Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” films.

(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.

Akon originally announced plans for the city back in 2018. He described it as a “real-life Wakanda,” but the country will now use it as a tourist hub.