Akoin is Akon’s cryptocurrency project that has been in development for the last couple of years. It’s a platform designed to offer Africans a sound dependable currency as well as giving access to 3rd party “defi” services such as lending and investment opportunities. The platform also features a DApp building tool to give developers the opportunity to create and list their product or service online and trade in and out of Akoin.

With a huge name like Akon behind this project and the news that the currency is already planned to be used as the sole currency of both the Mwale Medical and Technology Smart City in Kenya and Akon’s own Akon City in Senegal It look like this project could really take off.

Could Akoin be a major driving force in the development of Africa and empowerment of the African people?