Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has been adjudged Africa’s highest paid sportsman, according to The Magazine’s Money Issue salary survey project.The UAE-bases star is said to be on a yearly earnings of US$ 16 million and he is equaled by Tamba Hali who plays NFL side Kansas City Chiefs.The computation of earnings includes salary and/or prize money from the 2011 calendar year or most recent season.Gyan moved from English Premier League side Sunderland in September last year to Al Ain for a record loan fee.He is above Manchester City and Ivory Coast star Yaya Toure pocketing around US$ 322,000 a week with an estimated total net worth US$ 15. 4 million.Togo star Emmanuel Adebayor, in the books of Manchester City but on loan at Tottenham Hotspur, has total earning of US$ $13.3 million.Triple-time African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto’o is worth US$ 13 337 000.The ESPN Magazine’s Money Issue salary survey project used earnings that were based on information from multiple sources including leagues, agents, sports federations, cultural centers and the United Nations.