And finally… Contractor wins €6bn deal to build ‘Marvel-like’ city in Senegal
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A US-based consulting and engineering has been awarded a €6 billion contract for building and executing new city in Senegal that has been described as a real-life version of a futuristic country in Marvel movies.
KE International will deliver a futuristic-cryptocurrency themed city founded by Senegalese-American superstar and philanthropist Akon, who has previously likened plans for the city to the high-tech African country of Wakanda in the Marvel science fiction universe.
The idea is that the city will be run exclusively on a cryptocurrency called Akoin.
With the awarding of the contract, KE International has secured $4bn from investors for the first and second phases of execution of Akon City, and will have Dubai-based Bakri & Associates Development Consultants lead the architectural designs under KE International guidance.
Akon City’s Phase 1 is expected to complete by end of 2023, and will see the construction of roads, a Hamptons Hospital campus, a Hamptons Mall, residences, hotels, a police station, a school, a waste facility and a solar power plant.
Akon City Phase 2 will run from 2024 to 2029 and will end with a complete cryptocurrency city.
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