Senegalese football star Sadio Mané is betting millions of dollars of his own money that the West African nation’s mangoes can become a crop that spurs economic development in the country of his birth
Senegal and Al-Nasser star Sadio Mané is betting 11.7 billion CFA francs ($20.4 million) on a mango production complex in his hometown of Bambali.
"I want the wealth of our land to stay here, at home," Mané told reporters at the project's opening ceremony in Dakar. Full story:
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