Senegal
Akon City
A 6 billion dollars city
The construction of the new Akon City will require an investment of $6 billion. The city, which is intended to be environmentally friendly, will be built on an area of 2,000 hectares. KE International has already secured $4 billion for the first and second phase of the project. The consulting and engineering firm has thus chosen to implement this mega project with Bakri & Associates Development Consultants.
The company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will be responsible for the architectural design of Akon City. According to KE International, the first phase of the project, which will be completed in 2023, will result in the construction of roads, a Hamptons Hospital campus, a Hamptons Shopping Centre, residences, hotels, a police station, a school, a landfill for the city’s waste and a solar power plant to supply the whole.
The city has already been designated a “special tax zone” by the Senegalese government. This distinction allows the reduction of imports into Akon City, which is attractive to investors. The city will be integrated into the country’s tourism vision thanks to a partnership signed in January 2020 between the Development and Promotion Company for the Coasts and Tourist Areas of Senegal (Sapco) and the project promoter, the Senegalese American RnB singer Akon, whose real name is Badara Akon Thiam.