President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed for assistance from developed countries to help African nations meet their environmental pledge to expand renewable energy.
Ramaphosa is in Brazil to lead South Africa's participation in the two-day Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders' Summit, which started in Rio de Janeiro yesterday.
The president launched the Road to Joburg campaign at the G20 summit as he prepares to take over the presidency from Brazil on 1 December.
He will continue to consolidate the initiatives of the global south predecessors under the rallying call of Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability.
The Rio G20 Leaders' Summit is being held under the theme, Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet.
During a discussion, Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans said many people on the African continent "still live in darkness", and Ramaphosa agreed.
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