Using IoT to Measure Outdoor Air Quality in Africa

This session is facilitated by Warukira Theuri

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About this session

  1. An introduction to air pollution.

  2. A hands-on workshop using the Internet of Things (IoT) to build kits that measure air pollution.

  3. Measuring air quality during the session using these kits that they just assembled.

  4. Sharing insights on what the data collected by these kits has been used to achieve in the grassroots so far.

Goals of this session

To share how IoT is being used to measure and monitor air quality in across cities in Africa. To enable session participants to assemble air quality measuring kits using open resources, and to use them to monitor air quality.