Integrated digital monitoring and management of air pollution in African cities

非洲城市人口的增长速度比世界上任何其他地区都要快。贫困、缺乏替代能源和有限的监管也增加了家庭和小型工业对污染汽车和燃料的使用。这导致了严重的空气污染，使居民面临各种疾病的风险。然而，政府并没有城市空气污染严重的完整信息；他们也不知道不同的来源是如何分布在城市周围的。富裕国家用于测量空气污染的设备过于庞大和昂贵，无法在非洲城市使用。我们的非洲和英国大学网络，与政府、社区和工业界的合作伙伴一起，计划全面绘制帮助控制空气污染所需的信息，并使用新形式的技术，如来自卫星和人工智能的数据，创造测量和监测非洲城市空气污染的新方法。

The number of people living in cities in Africa is growing faster than in any other part of the world. Poverty, lack of alternatives and limited regulations have also increased the use of polluting cars and fuels by families and small industries. This has resulted in high levels of air pollution which puts the residents at risk of different diseases. However, the governments do not have complete information on where in cities air pollution is high; nor do they know how different sources are distributed around the city. The equipment used for measuring air pollution in wealthy countries is too large and expensive to be used in African cities. Our network of African and UK universities, together with partners in government, community and industry, plans to fully map what information is needed to help control air pollution and use new forms of technologies, like data from satellites and artificial intelligence, to create new ways of measuring and monitoring air pollution in African cities.