I am always skeptical of ambitious celebrity development projects, especially if they also purport to be ethical and sustainable. Akon’s Akon City, Brad Pitt’s Make It Right New Orleans houses, etc.
I used to work in real estate development (thank God I no longer do) and its a pretty ruthless business. With large scale projects, the end product, if it even gets completed, is hardly ever the beautiful, utopian vision that is initially sold.
hjerteknus3r on
All I can think about when I see Idris Elba mentioned is that weird gold documentary Dan Olson made a video about.
Twitter_2006 on
That’s great!
CatlovesMoca on
Oooh is this another Akon City project but in Sierra Leone.
Ill-Sandwich-7703 on
After Akon’s similar ambitions for Senegal which ended up a corrupt disaster, I’m a little sceptical. But Idris Elba seems to have a better business sense and advisors, so I’m hoping for the best for them.
boobookittyfuwk on
Oh man I hope this works west Africa is a mess and bio has a lot of issues he needs to fix, his country is being ripped apart by drug smugglers and militias
Aggressive-Story3671 on
Because as we all know, western celebrities have a great relationship with Islands
rahkinto on
There’s no possible way this could go bad
Past-Lunch4695 on
6/7- this is the only way to progess and still honor our earth. Absolutely love this entire project. more like this please!
NefariousGooch on
After the fake gold documentary he made I have trouble believing this thing will ever exist as anything other than fraud
BusyBeeBridgette on
I mean it is a decent thing to do but 9 out of 10 times when a famous person does this it fails quite badly. Plus Sierre Leone? I guess they got the land cheap. Not a nice place to go.
diptarshis on
Let me call Clay Davis for the development grants, I hear he’s cheap. Stringer knows of him
AkkeBrakkeKlakke on
Yeah, considering all the other failed celebrity housing projects, I’mma believe it when I see it. Nice thought, though.
HuntMelodic5769 on
I hope they’ve connected with John and Hank Green, who recently helped open the first NICU in Sierra Leone earlier this year.
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Akon set the trend(in a bad way)
I am always skeptical of ambitious celebrity development projects, especially if they also purport to be ethical and sustainable. Akon’s Akon City, Brad Pitt’s Make It Right New Orleans houses, etc.
I used to work in real estate development (thank God I no longer do) and its a pretty ruthless business. With large scale projects, the end product, if it even gets completed, is hardly ever the beautiful, utopian vision that is initially sold.
All I can think about when I see Idris Elba mentioned is that weird gold documentary Dan Olson made a video about.
That’s great!
Oooh is this another Akon City project but in Sierra Leone.
After Akon’s similar ambitions for Senegal which ended up a corrupt disaster, I’m a little sceptical. But Idris Elba seems to have a better business sense and advisors, so I’m hoping for the best for them.
Oh man I hope this works west Africa is a mess and bio has a lot of issues he needs to fix, his country is being ripped apart by drug smugglers and militias
Because as we all know, western celebrities have a great relationship with Islands
There’s no possible way this could go bad
6/7- this is the only way to progess and still honor our earth. Absolutely love this entire project. more like this please!
After the fake gold documentary he made I have trouble believing this thing will ever exist as anything other than fraud
I mean it is a decent thing to do but 9 out of 10 times when a famous person does this it fails quite badly. Plus Sierre Leone? I guess they got the land cheap. Not a nice place to go.
Let me call Clay Davis for the development grants, I hear he’s cheap. Stringer knows of him
Yeah, considering all the other failed celebrity housing projects, I’mma believe it when I see it. Nice thought, though.
I hope they’ve connected with John and Hank Green, who recently helped open the first NICU in Sierra Leone earlier this year.
This is the eco smart city guy?
https://preview.redd.it/eq0vr0d0llxg1.png?width=1850&format=png&auto=webp&s=5e51c23b719fa0dde742aa06a5e526e0ea4f91a1
Remind me in 10 years fam
That weirdly looks like a boring Dutch suburb.