Lesotho may be small but it is generating high revenues through water. Yes, water. “Only one third of the continent’s population has access to enough water, which means that those countries lucky enough to be endowed with rivers and lakes have a resource to trade on. They can use water for hydro-energy investments and for selling it to neighboring states,” reports BBC.

But even though it is raking in billions by selling water to South Africa, the country still has high debt and unemployment.

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