Akon City

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Akon City was a proposed planned community in the M'bour Department of Senegal conceived by Senegalese-American singer and entrepreneur Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam, known professionally as Akon. The project was first announced in 2018. Akon cited the film Black Panther as an inspiration for the project and described Akon City as a "real-life Wakanda" which was to utilize modern technologies including blockchain and cryptocurrency. Akon stated in October 2022 that construction of the city's first phase would begin in 2023 and be completed in 2028; however as of July 2025 the only structure which had been erected was the partially-completed welcome center. On July 4, 2025, the BBC reported that the project had been abandoned.

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