Blockchain Great Walls: Akon Plans to Build Cryptocurrency City in Senegal Africa
Akon, 45, a successful African music producer plans to build a huge city in Senegal based on a cryptocurrency that looks to be the saviour of Africa and the world at large. Akon, whose real name is "Aliaume Thiam" was born in Missouri and currently lives in United States though he spent a lot of his childhood moment in Senegal.
The musician is launching the app-based "Akoin" cryptocurrency which he strongly believes would be at the center of a technological African city alike to Wakanda, the hi-tech invented African country from Marvel's award-winning Black Panther great movie.
To what extent will this project help Africa
The Grammy-benamed artist was officially communicating on a panel about Africa, entrepreneurship and blockchain at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Akon thinks that blockchain technology and cryptocurrency could be help Africa in many different ways.
He further said that blockchain brings back the power, authority and security to the people and currency system at large and gives the public to fully exploit it in better ways where they can aggrandise themselves and stop the government to do acts that are fixing them down.
Is this gift from state house in support for blockchain
Macky Sall, President of Senegal, has offered 2,000 acres of land that is located a short drive from Dakar capital and its new international airport all to Akon for the great project, according to Akoin website.
Akon said that he will name the built city "Akon Crypto City" and plans not to personally get much involved in the execution and running of the giant project. He came with the concepts and he will let the experts in this technical field figure it out.