Reports Suggest Crypto Powered Akon City Is A Project Blighted By Broken Prom...

Reports Suggest Crypto Powered Akon City Is A Project Blighted By Broken Prom...

Senegalese-American singer, songwriter Akon became the talk of the town in 2018 when he unveiled plans for a 2000 acre crypto metropolis located 60 miles south of Senegal’s capital Dakar. Fast forward to today, and recent reports show a distinct lack of progress with the project. Ugandan author Charles Onyango-Obbo said one year on from […]


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