US hip-hop star Akon has finally signed the agreement for Akon City to be built in Senegal, the artist said in a tweet. In 2018, the 42-year-old singer has announced plans to build a “real-life Wakanda” — a reference to the fictional land of Wakanda in Marvel’s Black Panther –, on the back of his almost-eponymous cryptocurrency, Akoin. He told his fans that he had been gifted 2,000 acres of land by Senegalese authorities to start the project. While he was born in Missouri, Akon is of Senegalese descent and spent much of his childhood there. He also co-founded the Akon Lighting Africa project in 2014, which Akon’s site says has brought solar power to 18 African countries so far.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 15, 2020 17:03 UTC