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American singer, Akon has revealed that he’s building a mega city in Senegal that will be named after him, while adding that the project will be ready in 10-years time.
The ‘Smack That’ hit maker and multiple award winning artist disclosed that he started building the city since March this year and he expects it to be completed in 10-Years time.
He further stated that he will use his cryptocurrency, ‘AKoin’ to build the city’s economy and the whole city will have its own airport for people to fly in and out.
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Akon said;
‘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’.
Akin, born Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam is a Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and actor.
He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of “Locked Up”, the first single from his debut album, “Trouble.”
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