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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…
Popular African American singer Akon has announced that he has raised about 1 billion dollars to finance projects in Africa. Speaking to the press the artist said it was not an easy task for him raising the first billion-dollar. He went further to say that Africa is in dire need of basic necessities like potable…
On January 13, pop singer Akon confirmed via Facebook that his 2,000-acre, Akon city in Senegal would soon break ground. The project was first announced in 2018, and the smart city will rise near the capital of Dakar, on a plot gifted to Akon by President Macky Sall. ”I just signed the agreement for AKON…
American singer, Akon has spoken on who he sees as the topmost artiste in Ghana. He said every African country he goes to, people do ask him about who the biggest artistes is in that country. And when it comes to Ghana, he thinks Sarkodie is the topmost. Akon noted that the reason for saying…
American-born Senegalese singer, Akon has revealed he is building his own city which will be complete in 10-Years time. Speaking in a recent interview with Nick Cannon on Power 106 FM, the 46-year-old Hip-Hop businessman disclosed that he’s working on developing his own city in Senegal called “Akon City”. According to him, he started building…
American singer Akon have signed Nigerian musician Olamide unto his Konvict Music Worldwide record label. The ‘Lonely’ hitmaker made this known during an interview on the Breakfast Club. According to him, they have already began working together. Akon stated this after he revealed that Nigerian music artistes don’t honor record deals. According to him, what…
Talented Senegalese-American singer, Akon has released a new song titled ‘Benjamin’ which was released some few hours ago and fast trending across the globe. ‘Benjamin’ by Akon is a super hot song that is off his new Album and receiving a whole lot of streams on daily basis. The song is very interesting and lovely…
Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam, American singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and actor has released a new song titled ‘can’t Say No’ that is currently fast trending. ‘Can’t Say No‘ by Akon is a world class banger that has already bagged over a Million streams across all music platforms. It is fast trending and…
Akon, born Aliaume Damala Badara Thiam in St. Louis, Missouri, is a pace-setting musician, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and actor. He was born on the 16th of April,1973 to African parents. His family returned to Dakar, Senegal, in West Africa, when Akon was young and lived there until he was 7 years old when they…
American singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and actor Akon known in real life as Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam has explained why he thinks Africa is better than America. According to the rapper, ‘the images they show about Africa are so negative. It’s conditioning what we believe. Africa has a rich story too. More…