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Senegal ditches Akon's 'unrealistic' city project
Africanews
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July 4, 2025
Touted as a high-tech utopia powered by renewable energy and bankrolled by its own cryptocurrency, Akon City was ambitious as it was daring. Designed with curvy skyscrapers and sleek modern infrastructure, early renderings of Akon City drew...
Akon’s futuristic $6bn city project in Senegal abandoned
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 4, 2025
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. “The Akon City project no longer exists,” Serigne Mamadou Mboup, the head of Senegal’s...
Akon's futuristic $6 billion city project in Senegal abandoned - Reports
GhanaWeb
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July 4, 2025
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. "The Akon City project no longer exists," Serigne Mamadou Mboup, the head of Senegal's...
Daimler, partners with Senegal and GTS to establish local truck assembly plant
Just Auto
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July 4, 2025
Daimler Truck has partnered with the government of Senegal and Global Truck Systems (GTS) to establish a truck assembly plant in the country. The collaboration, formalised through a letter of intent, will see Daimler Truck provide vehicle...
Akon's futuristic $6billion city in Senegal 'has been SCRAPPED' and will be swapped for 'a realistic project'
Daily Mail
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July 4, 2025
Akon's grand plans to build a £4.3 billion futuristic city in Senegal have officially been scrapped five years after the singer promised to turn a remote stretch of West African coastline into a real-life Wakanda. The Senegalese government has...
Akon's futuristic $6bn city project in Senegal abandoned, BBC told
BBC
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Nicolas Négoce, Natasha Booty & Jonathan GriffinBBC News ShareSave Some compared the designs to the awe-inspiring fictional city of Wakanda Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will...
Letter of Intent signed: Daimler Truck becomes partner for vehicle assembly in Senegal
Automotive World
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July 3, 2025
Daimler Truck supports the Government of Senegal and its partner Global Truck Systems in setting up a truck assembly plant in Senegal Daimler Truck has signed a letter of intent on locally assembled trucks together with the government of the...
Daimler Truck Plans Senegal Assembly Plant in Tripartite Deal
News Ghana
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July 3, 2025
Daimler Truck has signed a Letter of Intent with Senegal’s government and Global Truck Systems (GTS) to establish a truck assembly facility near Dakar, targeting production start in 2026. The agreement designates Daimler as exclusive supplier of...
‘Tech Domestication To Broaden Local Content In Energy Sector’
Leadership
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July 3, 2025
The Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited has said that technology domestication is critical to provide buffer for strengthening local content in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. The NLNG reinforced the call at the panel session titled...
Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine Into Its National Immunization Programme
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo On July 1, 2025, Senegal officially launched the introduction of the hexavalent vaccine into its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Following in Mauritania's footsteps, Senegal is part of...
Why Nigeria isn’t advancing in technology –NLNG
The Sun Nigeria
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July 3, 2025
By Adewale Sanyaolu NLNG has said no country has advanced by learning technology in someone else’s language, stressing that Germans speak German while Chinese code in Chinese. Speaking at the panel session titled “Technology as a Local Content...
Senegal to host 2025 Africa Facts summit
FactCheckHub
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June 30, 2025
THE Africa Check on Monday announced Senegal as the host country for the 2025 Africa Facts summit billed for October 1 – 2 in Dakar. According to the organizers, the event will bring together fact-checking organisations and experts from all parts...
“It’s incredible” - ‘Reug Reug’ says schools in Senegal teach children about his achievements
Sportskeeda
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July 2, 2025
The Reigning and undisputed ONE heavyweight MMA world champion, Oumar 'Reug Reug' Kane of Senegal, is entering rarified air in his home country, a space only reserved for legends. The 33-year-old superstar says that teachers in Senegal now teach...
How far is your closest hospital or clinic? Public health researchers explain why Africa needs up-to-date health facility databases
The Conversation
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July 2, 2025
The lack of reliable information about health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa became very clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid a surge in emergency care needs, information was lacking about the location of facilities, bed capacity and...
Technology key to West Africa’s future – ECOWAS Parliament
Daily Trust
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The ECOWAS Parliament has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing digital transformation in West Africa’s education sector, declaring education technology and innovation as essential tools for shaping the region’s future. Speaking at the high-level...
German vehicle maker Daimler Truck to assemble lorries in Senegal
Premium Times
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July 2, 2025
The vehicle manufacturer, Daimler Truck, plans to have lorries from various Mercedes-Benz series assembled in the West African country of Senegal. The manufacturer is supporting the establishment of an assembly plant in the West African state and...
NLNG Considers Domestication Of Technology As Key To Broaden Local Content In Energy Sector
Oriental News Nigeria
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July 2, 2025
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, says technology domestication is critical to provide buffer for strengthening local content in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. The NLNG reinforced the call at the panel session titled...
NLNG Advocates Domestication of Technology to Deepen Local Content in Energy Sector
Prompt News Online
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July 1, 2025
NLNG has reinforced its call for the urgent need to domesticate technology as a key pillar for deepening local content in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Speaking at the panel session titled “Technology as a Local Content Imperative: From Adoption...
Press Update: Formal Letters Dispatched to Senegalese Authorities Regarding Gambia-Senegal Hydrocarbon Concerns
The Fatu Network
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July 1, 2025
- Advertisement - By: Seringe S.T. Touray Mr. Ousman F. M’Bai has today dispatched formal letters to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senegal, raising urgent and unresolved matters...
Rwanda Featured in Qualcomm’s Efforts to Support African Tech Startups
KT Press Rwanda
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June 29, 2025
1 Qualcomm, a global technology company, has announced 10 African startups selected for its 2025 Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program. The program helps early-stage tech companies grow through training, business support, and access to new...