Drogba Shells Out £1BILLION To Buy Stake In Ivory Coast Gold Mine

What else will I hear that can dumbfound me. This footballers are balling big time.....thats more than N250 billion....chei!! my pikin must play ball.....lol

Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba is building a new image outside the soccer field: as a business tycoon.

He has bought a 5 percent stake in an Ivorian mine, the West African country’s communications minister Bruno Kone has said.

The Ivorian government sold part of its share in the Ity gold mine to a group led by miner La Mancha, which is headed by Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris, who acquired a majority stake in the Canadian Company last year.

Ahramonline says no financial details were given of the deal, which is part of a transaction involving La Mancha increasing its stake in the Ity gold mine, while state mining group Sodemi gives up part of its holding.