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“Golden opportunity” for Africa to “leapfrog” into green future

“Golden opportunity” for Africa to “leapfrog” into green future

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There’s a “golden opportunity” for African countries to “leapfrog” over rival economies into a green future.

That’s the message from the chief of the Economic Commission for Africa delivered at UN headquarters on Monday.

Carlos Lopes was launching the 2016 Economic Report on Africa which this year is entitled Greening Africa’s Industrialization.

Matthew Wells has more.

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UN Photo/Manuel Elías