Using Africa's vast agricultural resources to help tackle climate change could earn the continent $1.5 billion a year, a World Bank head said on Tuesday.
The region should also tap its underexploited renewable resources, particularly hydropower, to meet increasing energy demand and boost both growth and development.
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