About

At AirQo, we empower communities across Africa with accurate, hyperlocal, and timely air quality data to drive air pollution mitigation actions.

Our vision

Clean air for all African cities.

Our Story

We are on a mission to empower communities across Africa with information about the quality of the air they breathe.

AirQo was founded in 2015 at Makerere University to close the gaps in air quality monitoring across Africa. Our low-cost air quality monitors are designed to suit the African infrastructure, providing locally-led solutions to African air pollution challenges.

They provide accurate, hyperlocal, and timely data providing evidence of the magnitude and scale of air pollution across the continent.

By empowering citizens with air quality information, we hope to inspire change and action among African citizens to take effective action to reduce air pollution.

Our mission is to efficiently collect, analyze and forecast air quality data to international standards and work with partners to reduce air pollution and raise awareness of its effects in African cities.

Our Values

Citizen Focus:
At AirQo, we believe that the main beneficiary of our work should be the citizen.
Precision:
We convert low-cost sensor data into a reliable measure of air quality thus making our network and our models as accurate as they can be.
Collaboration and Openness:
In order to maximize our impact, we collaborate by sharing our data through partnerships.
Investment in People: We work in a fast-moving field with continuous improvements in technology. We recruit the best teams and also commit to their ongoing professional development and training.

Our
partners

Together with our partners, we are solving large, complex air quality monitoring challenges across Africa. We are providing much-needed air quality data to Governments and individuals in the continent to facilitate policy changes that combat air pollution.