Akon | Where Are They Now? | How Is He Changing Africa?
Sep 20, 2021 ·
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In and around the year 2006, R&B crooner, Akon, was inescapable. Singles like “I Wanna Love You” and “Don’t Matter” would go three-times-platinum, turning him into one of the most...
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In and around the year 2006, R&B crooner, Akon, was inescapable. Singles like “I Wanna Love You” and “Don’t Matter” would go three-times-platinum, turning him into one of the most bankable artists in the industry. And yet, the last thing Akon wanted was for his music to be the legacy he left behind. So, over the course of the last decade, Akon has more or less left the world of music, carving out an identity for himself as a tech entrepreneur in Africa where he’s created his own solar-power company and a cryptocurrency as well. But Akon’s biggest venture is the $6 Billion smart cities he’s laying the foundation for in Senegal as we speak. The city’s name? Akon City, of course. After raising that much money for its construction, did you really think he’d call it anything else?
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Author | Michael McCrudden |
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