Johannesburg closes a clean-energy campaign with power promised for 17.5 million homes

Johannesburg hosted Global Citizen NOW — the movement's first summit on African soil — and closed a year-long clean-energy campaign with commitments to build 26.8 gigawatts of new renewable power by 2030, enough for more than 17.5 million homes. Team Europe pledged €15.5 billion (about $18 billion) in grants, loans and investment; Octopus Energy grew its Power Africa fund to $450 million; and firms including Scatec, Sun King and CrossBoundary Energy confirmed large solar, wind and battery projects. Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia shared the stage with young African innovators. The summit also marked the Global Fund's $11.34 billion raised against HIV, TB and malaria — programmes credited with saving 70 million lives since 2002.

SDG 7 · Affordable and clean energy — Mechanism: funding & finance