On Tuesday 14th January, American born singer, Akon has finally stamped agreement of starting to build own city 'Akon City' in Senegal.
The singer announced his plans for building own futuristic city that would be built on 2,000 acres of land that was gifted to him by Senegal’s President Macky Sall last year. According to close source, Akon has also shown interest to run for political office, and helping to continue developing artists behind the scenes.
The St. Louis native plans on running the whole city he is planning on renewable energy sources. Akon says he will use his cryptocurrency, ‘AKoin†to build the city’s economy. He has dedicated his life to helping people in Africa.
‘It’s Akon city. It’s all renewable, the Akon-tainment solar city. It’s all renewable. A real physical place, it’s going to have a real airport. It’s a 10-year building block so we’re doing it in stages,’ he said
Akon also has his own company, Akon Lighting Africa, a project started by him along with Samba Bathily and Thione Niang in 2014 that aims to provide electricity by solar energy in Africa. Since launching, Akon’s group has operations in 14 nations, including Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Benin, and Sierra Leone.
