Cwatch

Air quality measurement across Sub-Saharan Africa

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Inspiration

Access to air quality data in a region is very important as it enables researchers and the government to carry out experiments and create policies to control the air pollution and predict patterns in the region. For example, some researchers were able to describe the potential damages caused by climate change in a region by examining historical air quality data of the city. Research such as this would better equip the government on how to tackle climate change. However, this is severely lacking in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the United Nations, some of the main challenges for African countries regarding climate change is low access to technology. This technology comes in various forms, one of the forms is devices for measuring air quality.

What it does

Cwatch is a platform for Climate research, education and information. We created this platform in order to bridge the gap between Africa and the rest of the world in climate change research and information.

How we built it

We built inexpensive air quality measuring devices that logs information about the air in an environment. This device measures the air quality and stores the data both locally on an SD card and on the Cloud and on the blockchain, measurement occurs as specified intervals which can be altered by the user when they log on to the console from either the website or the mobile app. These devices are placed at various locations across the city and every user has access to each device. Current available countries where the device is active are: Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast.

The device sensors include PM Sensor, Humidity Sensor, Temperature Sensor, Pressure sensor, Ozone Sensor.

Team Information:

Leader: abdulhadi Hashim- abdulhadih48@gmail.com linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdul-hadi-hashim-629960142/ this is a project that i started doing at the start of the year and I plan to see take the project as far as possible and provide air quality data for various regions in Sub-Saharan Africa

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