Akon City · LEAD
Singer Akon’s Senegalese Smart City Unstarted, Locals Left In Dark
A year after singer Akon laid the first stone of the $6 billion futuristic city he vowed to build for his native Senegal, the site remains grassland. The stone itself sits at the bottom of a dirt track in a field; a small placard advertising the megaproject has fallen off it. Construction of “Akon City,” […]