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 future.

Akon's eponymous city project, envisioned as a $6 billion futuristic metropolis in Senegal, Africa, now faces a critical ultimatum. The Senegalese government issued an ultimatum to the singer ...

Is Senegal’s Akon City an impossible dream? A futuristic city with atypical architecture, immersed in high-tech and propelled by solar energy and the crypto-currency launched by musician Akon, Akon ...

Akon City is going to be a pilot of what a city in Africa can be. It's a very futuristic city. It's crypto-based. Acclaimed singer Akon has set the ball rolling on a futuristic city in Senegal.

Together Akoin and Akon City are supposed to represent the future of African life but after several delays will these plans ever take off?

50 cent is yet to react, as he remains occupied with his ongoing social media feud with Big Meech. Meanwhile, Akon, still focused on his Akon City project, has yet to address the claims.

A company led by American-Senegalese R&B singer Akon has signed a deal ... ventures across Africa in recent years, including a $6 billion futuristic city in Senegal and a cryptocurrency called ...