The Ugandan government has given Akon one square mile to create a second Akon City. Akon will soon have yet another African city that bears his name. The rapper-turned-business mogul is working to ...

At the 2018 Cannes Lion Festival, Akon stated that his cryptocurrency, Akoin, would bring freedom back to Africa. In a way, it brings financial security decentralization away from governments. However ...

An African country has scrapped a legendary musician’s plans to build a futuristic city in his native land. Music mogul Akon, who grew up in Union City and Newark, originally aimed to build a ...

Despite what you may have heard, the long-discussed Akon City project is “not gonna stop,” at least according to the man himself. Below, we dig into the latest on the planned Senegal city, which Akon ...

*A former business partner of Akon has described the artist’s Senegal city plans to a Ponzi scheme. We previously reported that Akon is not only building a futuristic city in Senegal, the former ...