Too much money! Ghanaian star footballer set to launch commercial airline

macfranc007 October 25, 2017 IFTTT, Latest Sport News | Today on Naij.com Arinze Esomnofu

- Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan has received licence to operate an Airline

- The attacker is one of the richest active footballers in Africa

- He plans on commencing with Cargo operations before going into domestic flights

Ghana all-time record goal scorer Asamoah Gyan has been granted licence to operate an commercial airline in the country.

Business Insider Sub Saharan Africa received the information of the licence acquisition by the camp of the Turkey based footballer.

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The company said in a statement to BI SSA: "We have been working on this for some time now and are happy to receive the licence. Our plan is to begin with cargo transportation both locally and internationally.

And then in conjunction with our partners expand our operations to include domestic flights for passengers"

Gyan, 31, is one of the wealthiest active African footballers in the world with a net worth of about $30m (N10.8b) has been diversifying his investment over the past few years.

He has invested heavily in real estate, transportation, events and manufacturing as well as fuel stations.

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Business Insider Sub Saharan Africa also understands the offices of the new airline will be at the new Swissports offices at the Airport City in Accra.

Asamoah Gyan and his beautiful wife Gifty featured in NAIJ.com ‘10 Nigerian footballers and their partners versus their Ghanaian counterpath.'

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