Building a Crypto City in Africa with Akon

You’ve had two multi-platinum albums, 27 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 list and brought electricity to 600 million Africans through your solar power initiative. To top things off, you totally understand crypto and have a vision for how it can be used to transform an entire continent. What do you do next?<br /><br />If your name is Akon, you kick off this next initiative by developing your own cryptocurrency and building a crypto city in Senegal.<br /><br />Today we welcome legendary rap artist, Akon, to the show to discuss these ambitious initiatives. Akon is joined by Jon Karas, the CEO of Akoin.<br /><br />There’s no diggity to bag up, but there’s a whole lot of visionary thinking as we engage with this unstoppable force. Smack dis. Smack dat. Just don’t smack us as we invite you to episode #404 of The Bad Crypto Podcast.<br /><br />Full Show Notes at: <a href="http://badco.in/404" rel="noopener">http://badco.in/404</a><br /><br />SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW:<br />Apple Podcast: <a href="http://badco.in/itunes" rel="noopener">http://badco.in/itunes</a><br />Google Podcasts: <a href="http://badco.in/google" rel="noopener">http://badco.in/google</a><br />Spotify: <a href="http://badco.in/spotify" rel="noopener">http://badco.in/spotify</a><br /><br />FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:<br />Twitter: @BadCrypto - @joelcomm - @teedubya<br />Facebook:  /BadCrypto - /JoelComm - /teedubyaw<br />Facebook Mastermind Group: /BadCrypto<br />LinkedIn: /in/joelcomm - /in/teedubya<br />Instagram: @BadCryptoPodcast<br />Email: badcryptopodcast[at]gmail[dot]com<br />Phone: SEVEN-OH-8-88FIVE- 90THIRTY<br /><br />DONATE CRYPTO TO THE SHOW:<br />If you'd like to donate a bit of cryptocurrency to The Bad Crypto Podcast, feel free to send copious amounts to the following locations:<br /><br /> $BTC: Bitcoin: 3GMgCH4dFUHSLdrPnLwEsfKPVnLnoGbzGZ<br /> $ETH Ethereum: 0x1ccE8A04fa6743eD1D24cA063c7543D43B42F328<br /> $LTC Litecoin: LavXqTWVHebEgVhBXdg3Hue3xEAmgtxLgr<br /> $DOGE Dogecoin:  DMngvNMX1U8Sg8PkDjCC3UTS8Mmn9RqTP5<br /><br />DISCLAIMER:<br