Akon on Akon City and Akoin cryptocurrency (interviews) - BBC Africa
RnB singer Akon has ambitious plans for a Senegalese supercity running on crypto.
Together Akoin and Akon City are supposed to represent the future of African life, but after several delays, will ever take off?
The BBC's Jonathan Griffin sat down for an interview with Akon.
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