The AfDB is helping Africa with its low carbon growth, helping finance 630MW in clean energy in 2011, with plans to double that in 2012.

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According to the AFDB report, members of Africa's growing middle class are better educated than their poor counterparts and tend to have salaried jobs or small businesses.

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The AfDB is blending these funds with its own resources.

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