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Akon wants to build 'real-life Wakanda' using a currency called AKoin

Senegalese Musician Akon. [Getty Images]

Akon says he's planning to release a new cryptocurrency named after himself - called Akoin.

Speaking at the Cannes Lions Festival on Monday, the Locked Up singer said he believed cryptocurrency could be "the saviour of Africa".

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