Akon City was conceived by rapper Akon as a city at the cutting edge of technology and environment
Rapper, producer and Senegalese businessman Acon (49), is building a futuristic and environmental city in its country of origin, with avant-garde and self-sufficient architecture. His name is Akon City. The city is conceived, designed and engineered to be the first metropolis in the world with a 100% encrypted economy.
The impressive city undoubtedly remembers Wakanda, the country he lives in and the plot of the Black Panther (Marvel) movie takes place. As revealed by the artist, the huge investment will cost more than $ 6 billion.
In 2018, through a video posted on his YouTube channel, the rapper had assured that he had plans to create a Wakanda-style city. After obtaining investors and the support of the Senegalese government, he was able to carry out his ambitious project.
Akon City is a futuristic vision of what African cities should be like.
A monstrous investment.
The project of Akon City is already underway, after the contract for its execution was awarded to the American company KE International. The company will pay more than half of the infrastructure costs.
In addition to Akon, Kenyan tech entrepreneur Julius Mwale and Senegal’s state tourism agency SAPCO are betting heavily on the city becoming a tourist attraction in the African country.
Akon City will be located in Mbodiene about 100 kilometers from Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and will occupy approximately 80 hectares of land.
On August 31 (2021) the first stone was laid. Therefore, the city is currently in its infancy. They estimate that the first part of the project will be completed by the end of 2023, that the second phase will take place between 2024 and 2029, and that the city will be fully built by 2030.
Akon Cty is a futuristic city in Senegal to contribute to the development of the Senegalese
“For all those who come from the Americas, Europe or any place wishing to visit Africa, we want Senegal to be their first stop,” Akon said at the presentation of the project.
A crypto-financial city
The city baptized by its creator as “Wakanda in real life” will have a hotel with rooms honoring the 54 countries of Africa. In addition, it will have a spa, a technology center, recording studios and a Hollywood version to promote Senegalese cinema, it will also have its own cryptocurrency.
the launch of Akoin (AKN) It was given through the trading house Bittrex Global on November 11th and will be the only way of payment in town. The cryptocurrency is already used in the Kenyan city of Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC).
“Believe it or not, cryptocurrencies are more stable than fiat currencies, such as the dollar, because they are controlled by people,” he shared his stance for an American media outlet.
The Akon City buildings will be built with local labor and materials, respecting the local fauna and flora
Fully operational by 2030.
Phase 1 of the city of Akon will be completed by the end of 2023 and will consist of road construction, a campus of Hamptons Hospital, a 5,000-bed medical facility that went into operation in 2019 in Kakamega, western Kenya. A large shopping mall, houses, hotels, a police station, a school, a waste treatment plant and a solar power plant.
The second phase will take place from 2024 and will have parks, universities, schools, a stadium, an industrial zone and will be fully completed by 2030. KE International will build Akon City to be certified as a Leader in energy and environmental design while construction is complete with the city, economic transactions within it will be carried out exclusively in akoins.
There is a lot of talk about the similarity between Akon City and Wakanda. The rapper’s project and the legendary city of the black panthers have some similarities, both cities are presented as futuristic and based on the highest technology, both are located in Africa and seek change for the benefit of millions of people. With the notable difference that Wakanda is fiction and Akon City is perhaps reality.
The futuristic city of Akon City is inspired by Wakanda from the Black Panther movie.
Close the entries.
According to a report by Agence France-Press, the project didn’t go beyond laying the stone and a small billboard promoting Akon City has since fallen.
“COVID-19 has sown doubts everywhere,” Akon acknowledged on his social networks.
Paul Martin of US engineering firm KE International – the contractor for the construction of Akon City – said the first 12 months of construction in the city involved “planning, approvals, procurement and subcontracting.” .
Virtual recreation of the aerial view of the city.
In this way, according to the rapper and the company responsible for the construction of the city, the Akon City project is still ongoing and in view of the inauguration of the first phase in 2023.
Source: Clarin
