R&B Star Akon Jets In Uganda To Discuss Plans Of Building His $6 Billion Akon City
Yesterday evening, celebrated R&B super star Aliaune Damala Badara popularly known as Akon jetted in Uganda to reportedly discuss plans of franchising his $6 Billion Akon city.
Having landed at Entebbe International at about 7:30 pm, Akon was welcomed by renown local singer Eddy Kenzo plus a couple of other senior Muslim leaders in the country.
It is rumored that Akon is set to meet Museveni at State House to press ahead with his Mega plans of franchising his idea to a number of African countries Uganda being one of them.
The famed R&B singer is going ahead with plans to build a new $6 billion smart city in Senegal where nationals can live and work—and where members of the African Diaspora will always be welcome.
The 47-year-old Senegalese American singer, known for hits like “Smack That” and “Lonely,” confirmed that construction on ”Akon City” will begin this year despite the pandemic’s devastating effects on global tourism. The 2,000-acre metropolis, which was first touted by the singer back in 2018, will feature a sprawling luxury resort, high-rise condos, recording studios, a stadium, and even its own cryptocurrency, “Akoin.”
The oasis is also expected to run on clean energy—no doubt supplied by the singer’s Akon Lighting Africa, which backs solar energy projects in rural areas—plus features an artificial intelligence data center. Naturally, the new city will have a futuristic aesthetic to match the cutting-edge tech.
Penned by Bakri & Associates Development Consultants, the city is characterized by gleaming structures that have an almost Surrealist feel. In fact, the renderings look like the backdrop of a Ridley Scott film.
The singer says that construction on the new city has already began. late last year he also said he’s considering franchising the concept to other countries on the continent & perhaps this might be the reason why he is in Uganda Today
A small, richly imagined city named after its founder and franchised around the world?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caKUN4UFM4E
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