sensors.AFRICAinsensorsAFRICAMeasuring Nairobi’s air quality using locally assembled low-cost sensorsHow low cost sensors are tracking air quality in East Africa’s largest cityApr 16, 2019Apr 16, 2019
sensors.AFRICASensors boost environmental journalism and citizen engagement in five African countriesNewsrooms are increasingly using data in storytelling to produce better content, empower citizens and promote government accountability…Apr 10, 2019Apr 10, 2019
sensors.AFRICASensors aid coverage of health and environmental issues in cities across AfricaA project that uses low-cost air quality sensors to monitor air pollution in six major African cities is providing data that journalists…Apr 10, 2019Apr 10, 2019
sensors.AFRICARuaka: When poor planning increases pollutionWhile Gigiri and Kitisuru have maintained the trees and green, leafy vegetation that once characterised the whole area, Ruaka has been…Apr 9, 2019Apr 9, 2019
sensors.AFRICAWe emit no smoke and have Nema approval — factory directorMukurukwa Reuben slum residents have long complained of chest pains and asthma. They blame it on gas and dust emissions from a subsidiary…Apr 9, 2019Apr 9, 2019
sensors.AFRICAFumes pupils inhale akin to smoking two cigarettes in a dayIt all began when Elizabeth* (not real name), a four-year-old girl, moved with her family from her rural home to live in Nairobi.Apr 9, 2019Apr 9, 2019
sensors.AFRICAinsensorsAFRICAMukuru fumes put 60 asthma patients a month in hospitalAs we wait to be let into Maendeleo Learning Centre, smoke drifts over from the chimney of a factory next door. The smoke engulfs the…Apr 8, 2019Apr 8, 2019
sensors.AFRICAAir-quality sensors installed in KisumuBy Kirah Theuri and Reshma MawjiJan 23, 2019Jan 23, 2019
sensors.AFRICACollaboration is in the airEvery time I’m learning something new, one of the first things I do is go to the library. I pick up a cup of tea, find a cozy space, and…Jul 31, 2018Jul 31, 2018
sensors.AFRICAMonitoring Air Quality in African Cities Through Low Cost Air Pollution CentersPackets of black, soot-infested air welcomed me as I stepped out of my car, blurring the sight of objects some meters away. My upper and…Mar 23, 2017Mar 23, 2017