Remember Akon’s Futuristic Crypto City? Here’s the Brutal Reality After 7 Years
Senegal has officially scrapped Akon’s much-hyped plans to build a futuristic, crypto-powered city on its Atlantic coast.
The West African country is reclaiming most of the land once set aside for the project and shifting focus to a scaled-back, privately funded tourism hub.
“Real-Life Wakanda” No More
First announced in 2018 and branded as a “real-life Wakanda,” Akon City aimed to transform Mbodiène, a quiet farming village about 80 kilometers from Dakar, into a $6 billion metropolis running on Akon’s Akoin cryptocurrency. Plans included a solar-powered city with a state-of-the-art hospital, university, hotels, shopping malls, and a marina.
After repeated delays, missed…
