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美国歌手Akon的60亿美元"瓦坎达"梦碎！这位曾扬言要在塞内加尔建造"非洲未来之城"的歌手，如今被政府证实项目已彻底黄了。最讽刺的是，800公顷的土地上只孤零零地立着个未完工的接待中心——连条像样的路都没有。当地居民吐槽："说好的就业和发展呢？结果啥都没变！"不过别急，政府说了要和Akon合作个更"现实"的项目，只是不知道这次会不会又变成"PPT造城"？
Akon's $6bn futuristic city project in Senegal abandoned
Akon在塞内加尔的60亿美元未来之城项目流产
4 July 2025 Share Save Nicolas Négoce, Natasha Booty & Jonathan Griffin BBC News Share Save
2025年7月4日 记者尼古拉·内戈斯、娜塔莎·布蒂和乔纳森·格里芬 BBC新闻
10 Design Architecture Some compared the designs to the awe-inspiring fictional city of Wakanda
10 Design建筑事务所：有人将这些设计比作令人惊叹的虚构城市瓦坎达
Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something more realistic, officials say.
官员表示，歌手Akon设想的塞内加尔未来之城计划已被取消，他将转而从事更现实的项目。
"The Akon City project no longer exists," Serigne Mamadou Mboup, the head of Senegal's tourism development body, Sapco, told the BBC.
塞内加尔旅游发展机构Sapco负责人Serigne Mamadou Mboup告诉BBC："Akon City项目已不复存在。"
"Fortunately, an agreement has been reached between Sapco and the entrepreneur Alioune Badara Thiam [aka Akon]. What he's preparing with us is a realistic project, which Sapco will fully support."
"幸运的是，Sapco与企业家Alioune Badara Thiam（又名Akon）达成了协议。他正在与我们准备的是一个现实的项目，Sapco将全力支持。"
Known for his string of noughties chart hits, Akon - who was born in the US but partly raised in Senegal - announced two ambitious projects in 2018 that were supposed to represent the future of African society.
以2000年代一系列热门歌曲闻名的Akon（出生于美国但部分成长于塞内加尔）在2018年宣布了两个雄心勃勃的项目，这些项目本应代表非洲社会的未来。
The first was Akon City - reportedly costed at $6bn (£5bn). It was to run on the second initiative - a brand new cryptocurrency called Akoin.
第一个是Akon City——据报道耗资60亿美元（50亿英镑）。它将运行在第二个计划上——一种名为Akoin的全新加密货币。
Initial designs for Akon City, with its boldly curvaceous skyscrapers, were compared by commentators to the awe-inspiring fictional city of Wakanda in Marvel's Black Panther films and comic books.
Akon City的初始设计以其大胆的曲线摩天大楼被评论家比作漫威黑豹电影和漫画中令人敬畏的虚构城市瓦坎达。
But after five years of setbacks, the 800-hectare site in Mbodiène - about 100km (60 miles) south of the capital, Dakar - remains mostly empty.
但经过五年的挫折，位于首都达喀尔以南约100公里（60英里）的Mbodiène800公顷场地仍然大部分空置。
The only structure is an incomplete reception building. There are no roads, no housing, no power grid.
唯一的建筑是一个未完工的接待大楼。没有道路，没有住房，没有电网。
"We were promised jobs and development," one local resident told the BBC."Instead, nothing has changed."
"他们承诺给我们带来就业和发展，"一位当地居民告诉BBC。"但相反，什么都没有改变。"
Meanwhile the star's Akoin cryptocurrency has struggled to repay its investors over the years, with Akon himself conceding:"It wasn't being managed properly - I take full responsibility for that."
与此同时，这位明星的Akoin加密货币多年来一直难以偿还投资者，Akon本人承认："它没有被妥善管理——我对此负全部责任。"
There had also been questions over whether it would even be legal for Akoin to operate as the primary payment method for would-be residents of Akon City.
还有人质疑Akoin作为Akon City未来居民的主要支付方式是否合法。
Senegal uses the CFA franc, which is regulated and issued by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), and like many central banks has expressed opposition to cryptocurrency.
塞内加尔使用由西非国家中央银行（BCEAO）监管和发行的CFA法郎，与许多中央银行一样，它对加密货币表示反对。
10 Design Architecture These plans have been shelved and work will begin on a more realistic development at the same site in Mbodiène
10 Design建筑事务所：这些计划已被搁置，将在Mbodiène同一地点开始一个更现实的开发项目
Phase one alone was to include a hospital, a shopping mall, a school, a police station, a waste centre, and a solar plant - all by the end of 2023.
仅第一阶段就包括一家医院、一个购物中心、一所学校、一个警察局、一个废物中心和一个太阳能发电厂——所有这些都将在2023年底前完成。
Sitting on Senegal's Atlantic Coast, Akon's high-tech, eco-friendly city was supposed to run entirely on renewable energy.
Akon的高科技环保城市位于塞内加尔的大西洋沿岸，本应完全依靠可再生能源运行。
But despite Akon's insistence in a 2022 BBC interview that the project was"100,000% moving", no significant construction followed the initial launch ceremony.
但尽管Akon在2022年接受BBC采访时坚称该项目"100,000%在推进"，但在最初的启动仪式之后没有进行重大建设。
Now the Senegalese government has confirmed what many suspected - the project had stalled beyond recovery.
现在塞内加尔政府证实了许多人的怀疑——该项目已经停滞不前，无法恢复。
Officials cited a lack of funding and halted construction efforts as key reasons for the decision.
官员们将缺乏资金和停止建设工作作为这一决定的关键原因。
Although Akon City as it was originally imagined has been shelved, the government says it is now working with Akon on a more"realistic" development project for the same site.
尽管最初设想的Akon City已被搁置，但政府表示现在正与Akon在同一地点合作一个更"现实"的开发项目。
The land near Mbodiène remains of high strategic value, especially with the 2026 Youth Olympic Games approaching and increased tourism activity expected.
Mbodiène附近的土地仍然具有很高的战略价值，特别是随着2026年青年奥运会的临近和旅游活动的预期增加。
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