Akon Announces "Akon City" Will Begin Construction in 2021
Creating a “home back home.”
Akon has just announced that construction for Akon City, his dream cryptocurrency-themed city in Senegal, will begin next year.
In a statement, the singer expressed his desire to bring jobs to the area by building the city, creating a “home back home” for Black Americans and others experiencing systemic racism. He, along with some government officials, visited Mbodiène to check on the construction site, which has taken in, so far, approximately one-third of the total six billion USD investment that Akon and engineering firm KE International locked in at the start of the year. The first phase of construction is set to take place in early 2021, with 2024 as the projected completion year; Phase Two, 2029. Akon City will be built with all the necessary sectors of a city, like schools, hospitals and police stations, as well as more urban establishments, like parks, universities, a tech hub, a stadium, a seaside resort and recording studios, to mention a few — the city will also be integrated with Akon’s AKOIN cryptocurrency.
In case you missed it, Akon revealed he passed on signing Drake for sounding too much like Eminem in a recent interview.
