Many Africans say Akon is not as brilliant as you think, saying he’s selling Africa to China by building a city
People from different African countries say Akon is just doing what a lot of countries regretted doing: funding his “Akon City” by just taking loans from China under certain conditions. Akon’s city and “lighting up Africa” may be thought of as brilliant moves, but a lot of Africans are saying they he’s building everything through…
People from different African countries say Akon is just doing what a lot of countries regretted doing: funding his “Akon City” by just taking loans from China under certain conditions.
Africans are showing concern because of China’s predatory contracts and colonial actions in African countries, saying that it may look good on the surface but may be detrimental.
A few years ago Akon announced his plans to “light up Africa” and revealed he got a 1 billion dollars to start the project. The loan turned out to be from Chinese manufacturers.
Akon recently received another $6 billion loan to “build his city”, the loan is again from the Chinese.
A lot of people from different African countries are saying people are cheering without knowing the consequences could terrible, and that China seeks any way they can to get their hands on African land and resources.
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