An African country has scrapped a legendary musician’s plans to build a futuristic city in his native land. Music mogul Akon, who grew up in Union City and Newark, originally aimed to build a ...

Celebrities and oligarchs are dreaming up high-tech utopian communities. But they ignore the hard part: democratic ways to ...

Government and Akon scale back plans “We are looking at Akon city to become the beginning of Africa’s future,” Akon said about the project at a ceremony in 2020.

Akon's plans to build a futuristic city in Senegal might have been scrapped, but the land that was supposed to house it apparently won't be going to waste. Back in 2020, the "Locked Up" hitmaker ...

An African country has scrapped a legendary musician’s plans to build a futuristic city in his native land. Music mogul Akon, who grew up in Union City and Newark, originally aimed to build a ...