04/06/2024April 6, 2024 Cities are growing rapidly in Africa, but many countries lack effective technologies to measure the associated air pollution. Experts are finding new ways to track air ...

Data from Swiss air quality monitor IQAir on Tuesday placed Nairobi as Africa’s third-most polluted major city, underlining ...

According to the report, Oudtshoorn is the least polluted area in all of Africa, with a 2022 PM2.5 average (µg/m³) of 0.8.

The most polluted cities in Africa exceed this value by a factor of eight to 11, the report found. These include such capital cities as Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; Cairo, Egypt; Abuja.

Human activity in Africa significantly contributes to air pollution. However, no detailed data regarding country-by-country pollutant emissions in the continent was available until now. To remedy ...

A 2024 report has revealed that air pollution is responsible for 6.7 million deaths in Africa every year Show more ...

It was the site of the country’s first coal discovery in 1878, which helped magnates Sammy Marks and Hendrik van der Bijl establish one of South Africa’s most concentrated industrial areas.

Air pollution has an alarming effect on global health. In 2019, it was responsible for 4.2 million global deaths. Inhaling air pollution harms health in many different ways beyond simply having ...