AKON

US rapper building ”real-life Wakanda”, a fictional city made famous in the movie Black Panther The business plan said the city will be built on 2,000 acres gifted to Akon by the president of Senegal. The singer was born in Missouri but is of Senegalese descent, and spent significant parts of his childhood in the country

2 The so-called Akon Crypto City will feature colleges, schools, an airport and a sports stadium. Its economy will be based around the Grammy-winning musician’s cryptocurrency Akoin 3

Akon, 45, said blockchain technology and cryptocurrency could be “the saviour for Africa in many ways” because of its high security factor.