Senegalese-American rapper and RnB producer Alioune Badara Thiam aka Akon has used his connections to build his first ever ‘Akon City’ in Senegal, which is due to start breaking ground soon. The ultra-futuristic city was revealed a few years ago, and it seems the 47-year-old multi-billionaire is building another Akon City on the Ugandan side.
Like its Senegalese counterpart, the Ugandan « Akon City » will operate with the rapper’s own cryptocurrency: « AKoin ». He has not yet revealed the cost of this project, however, the construction costs of his twin city are currently around 6 billion dollars.
Read about the Akon City project in Senegal
The Ugandan government announced on Monday that it had allocated Senegalese-American rapper and RnB producer Alioune Badara Thiam « Akon » 1.6 square kilometres of land so that he could start planning the construction of an Akon City in the country, Revolt revealed in its 5 April issue.
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