Akon’s Wakanda and a crumbling crypto dream
R’n’B singer Akon is planning a futuristic Senegalese supercity running on cryptocurrency. But will it happen?
The R’n’B singer Akon has had an incredibly successful music career, with a number of smash hits and legions of fans.
Recently the singer launched two ambitious projects that are inextricably linked.
The first is a cryptocurrency called Akoin that Akon says will provide financial independence for Africans, although some people are dissatisfied after investing in the dream and having nothing to show for it.
The other project is a reported $6billion futuristically designed metropolis on the coast of Senegal called Akon City.
Together Akoin and Akon City are supposed to represent the future of African life but after several delays will these plans ever take off?
Presenter: Jonathan Griffin
Producers: Borso Tall, Ned Davies
Editor: Flora Carmichael
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