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Measuring Nairobi’s air quality using locally assembled low-cost sensors

How low cost sensors are tracking air quality in East Africa’s largest city

Apr 16, 2019

Measuring Nairobi’s air quality using locally assembled low-cost sensors

Apr 16, 2019

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Sensors boost environmental journalism and citizen engagement in five African countries

Newsrooms are increasingly using data in storytelling to produce better content, empower citizens and promote government accountability…

Apr 10, 2019

Sensors boost environmental journalism and citizen engagement in five African countries

Apr 10, 2019

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Sensors aid coverage of health and environmental issues in cities across Africa

A project that uses low-cost air quality sensors to monitor air pollution in six major African cities is providing data that journalists…

Apr 10, 2019

Sensors aid coverage of health and environmental issues in cities across Africa

Apr 10, 2019

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Ruaka: When poor planning increases pollution

While Gigiri and Kitisuru have maintained the trees and green, leafy vegetation that once characterised the whole area, Ruaka has been…

Apr 9, 2019

Ruaka: When poor planning increases pollution

Apr 9, 2019

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We emit no smoke and have Nema approval — factory director

Mukurukwa Reuben slum residents have long complained of chest pains and asthma. They blame it on gas and dust emissions from a subsidiary…

Apr 9, 2019

We emit no smoke and have Nema approval — factory director

Apr 9, 2019

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Fumes pupils inhale akin to smoking two cigarettes in a day

It 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, 2019

Fumes pupils inhale akin to smoking two cigarettes in a day

Apr 9, 2019

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Mukuru fumes put 60 asthma patients a month in hospital

As 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, 2019

Mukuru fumes put 60 asthma patients a month in hospital

Apr 8, 2019

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Air-quality sensors installed in Kisumu

By Kirah Theuri and Reshma Mawji

Jan 23, 2019

Air-quality sensors installed in Kisumu

Jan 23, 2019

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Collaboration is in the air

Every 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, 2018

Collaboration is in the air

Jul 31, 2018

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Monitoring Air Quality in African Cities Through Low Cost Air Pollution Centers

Packets 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, 2017

Monitoring Air Quality in African Cities Through Low Cost Air Pollution Centers

Mar 23, 2017

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sensors.AFRICA

A pan-African citizen science initiative using sensors to monitor air, water and sound pollution to give citizens actionable information about their cities.

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