Ten small clean-energy projects, eight countries, power where the grid is weakest

More than £2 million (about $2.7 million) from UK Government-backed programmes has been allocated to ten clean-energy projects across eight African countries — Nigeria, Uganda, Mozambique, Kenya, Madagascar, Lesotho, Tanzania and Rwanda. The projects, supported through the Ayrton Fund's Transforming Energy Access platform with renewables company ZE-Gen, put solar power where it changes daily life: cold storage that keeps food and vaccines safe, clean power systems for hospitals, and battery-powered telecommunications for off-grid communities. They are deliberately small and practical — built for places where the national grid is weak or absent, and where a reliable fridge or phone signal is not a luxury but a lifeline.

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