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Post by anansi on Sept 19, 2020 4:03:02 GMT -5
This is the most recent update on Akon City,image size it's stunningly beautiful, hopefully they can pull it off on schedule,dunno about that Akoin ,like the lady said ,ordinary Senegalese don't really do transactions like that.
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Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Sept 21, 2020 2:33:03 GMT -5
Is it an amusement park?
$90B b burning him inna pocket ya.
Don't know why it tears me up
everytime I think of Boseman RIP
It's eerie now watching him in
those MCU movies esp his character
intro now seems premonition-like.
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Post by anansi on Sept 21, 2020 2:39:54 GMT -5
Is it an amusement park? Don't know why it tears me up when I think of Boseman RIP No it's a for real city,in the plannning before the movie Black Panther, matching the likes of Dubai and the Emirates, but conceived by one man, he his also taking that bet that the African American diaspora will relocate when ready. |
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Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Sept 21, 2020 2:41:58 GMT -5
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Post by zarahan on Sept 21, 2020 21:14:05 GMT -5
I hope he pulls it off, and I was surprised that it was an American firm selected to build it, rather than the usual Chinese mass build-out, unless they are gonna subcontract out big pieces to the Chinese on the back-end. I think there's more than meets the eye but inspiring and interesting nevertheless. I hope qualified African firms get a solid piece of the action. Overall it looks like a cool, high-end resort type city or district with the hotels and casinos, and "offshore" financial type services via bitcoin. Again interesting. Probably only deep pocketed folk will be able to afford it, but that's nothing unusual with these type cities/districts- it is what it is- plus it will generate local employment. Would have liked to see a district on the outskirts helping the small African farmer or craftsman, say a heavy duty farming extension type program that puts improved seeds and animal stocks in the hands of the small man. A few goats, high yield seedlings/nursery plants, or a good animal drawn transport cart can transform the lives of many families. This is not a knock on the high-end resort city. That has its place- just looking at what Akon says in Takruri's link, as to helping the masses: "“When I travel, I see so many things that happen - so many people that need assistance
and so many things that just need to be resolved - and if you can have a billion dollars sitting
in the bank while you have all these people suffering and struggling? Man, it’s just crazy,” he said.
“It’s like a waste of a billion dollars sitting there, literally,” Akon continued."www.standard.co.uk/insider/alist/akon-city-building-senegal-renewable-energy-cryptocurrency-a4297966.html |
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Post by anansi on Sept 22, 2020 11:19:25 GMT -5
In one report, it mentioned low cost, housing will be included,but I imagined, that just servicing the city, will create more than just a few job and business opportunities for the locals, like you I don't like the idea of who is funding what, I hope he and his people crossed all the Tees and for all the I , other monies Africans including Tech companies from Kenya are in the mix.
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Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Oct 10, 2020 11:09:17 GMT -5
Yeah, gotta watch out for EconomyColonialism
West African leadership in particular has always
been down with that. How many are for China the
latest ecomonycolonizer?
With $92B worth why is Akon not self-
funding his own namesake city? Is it
all tied up and unavailable for use?
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Post by zarahan on Nov 7, 2020 12:13:10 GMT -5
Akon worth 92 billion? You mean the total projected deal or personal wealth?
I would have figured say maybe 92 million personal.
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Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Nov 13, 2020 16:34:16 GMT -5
Saw that the other day started to edit thoght maybe it'd slide well... ...fouled up that one. Can't even say where the figure came from or rather how I misread what was written Big Money Aliko Dangote got $10.9 billion Ms Pocketbook Oprah = $2.7 B. - Ruddy cheeked Tu - 🤫 Look! Segregated Emojis with people on top and black on the bottom getemoji.com/ |
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