AfriqAir and CAMS-Net General Meeting

Session

Panel Discussion

1

9 Mar 2023, 09:00

Carnegie Mellon University - Africa Campus, Kigali, Rwanda

Conveners

Panel Discussion: Getting the most out of Low Cost Sensors (supporting infrastructure/best practices)

• Albert A Presto (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Deo Okure
• Allison Felix Hughes

Description

Speakers:
1) Garima Raheja (Columbia University)
2) Deo Okure (Airqo)
3) Rose Alani (U. Lagos)
4) Jovito Nunes (CISM)
5) Constant Cap (Code for Africa)

42. AIR QUALITY MONITORING IN AFRICA: MY NIGERIA ANGLE

Rose Alani

Panel 1: Getting the most out of Low Cost Sensors (supporting infrastructure/best practices)

Poster Presentation

My air quality monitoring activities in Nigeria involves passive, active and real-time monitoring from 2015 to date, with much attention being paid to Lagos megacity. The choice of Lagos State is necessitated by the concentration of commercial, industrial, and educational activities, consequently resulting in urbanization, overpopulation, and traffic congestion. Lagos State accounts for about...

33. Characterizing household air quality in semi-rural Mozambique using a low-cost sensor

JOVITO NUNES

Panel 1: Getting the most out of Low Cost Sensors (supporting infrastructure/best practices)

Platform Presentation

Aim: Ambient and household air pollution (HAP) are major contributors to mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa; however, PM2.5 exposure measurements in the region remain scarce. We aimed to characterize PM2.5 within households of women and infants participating in a birth cohort study in Manhiça district, Southern Mozambique.

Methods: We measured time-resolved PM2.5 for up to two...

62. Sensors.AFRICA: Using citizen science as an advocacy tool for a better environment

Constant Cap (Code for Africa)

Panel 1: Getting the most out of Low Cost Sensors (supporting infrastructure/best practices)

Platform Presentation

Cities in the global south face an array of challenges across the socio-economic ladder including resource depletion, increase in slum dwellers, air, noise and water pollution and rising urban poverty (Arku, G. and Marais, L. 2021). These cities are also growing without adequate urban planning and are susceptible to environmental pollution and climate change impacts.

Environmental...