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Singer Akon’s plans for $6,000,000,000 futuristic ‘Wakanda’ city ditched

It will be replaced with something more 'realistic' said officials.

Early designs showed futuristic buildings, including curvaceous skyscrapers, with several people comparing the city to the fictional Wakanda in Marvel’s Black Panther films and comics. However, Serigne Mamadou Mboup, the head of Senegal’s tourism development body, Sapco, has now told the BBC: ‘The Akon City project no longer exists.’ The design featured curvaceous skyscrapers (Picture: Hussein Bakri/BAD Consultant/Semer Group)In 2020 Akon said construction had started, but all that has been built on the 800-hectare site is a reception building, which is only half finished.

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