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TL;DR: After seven years and a $6 billion price tag, Akon’s dream “real-life Wakanda” on Senegal’s coast has been scrapped—only a half-built welcome center remains (and a herd of goats). Plagued by missed deadlines, unpaid state fees and the collapse of Akoin (from $0.15 to $0.003), the government reclaimed the 55-hectare site in July 2025.
Despite flashy unveilings in 2018 promising luxury towers, renewable-energy streets and a 5,000-bed hospital, tangible work never got off the ground. Locals feel burned—some farmland still unpaid for—while a lone basketball court and youth center can’t mask the hype without the homework. Now Senegal hopes fresher, more feasible plans will rise before the 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
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