Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Akon may not be lonely for much longer. The famed R&B singer is going ahead with plans to build a new $6 billion smart city in ...

In 2020, Senegalese-American singer Akon vowed to create "a real-life Wakanda" in Senegal. But four years on, his futuristic city remains little more than a pipe dream. The West African nation had ...