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Uniting partners across disciplines and borders for clean air. We bridge science and policy to drive scalable, open-access and evidence-based solutions for African cities.
Across Africa, 90% of schools cook with wood or charcoal—driving deforestation, climate impacts, and dangerous air pollution for learners and staff.
CLEAN-Air Africa’s research shows hazardous pollution in school kitchens and classrooms.
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CLEAN-Air Africa’s research shows hazardous pollution in school kitchens and classrooms.
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How CLEAN-Air Africa is working to tackle household air pollution worldwide
Household air pollution impacts three billion people worldwide who rely on solid fuels such as wood, charcoal or animal dung burned in inefficient stoves for heating and cooking.
Preventive action…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Across Africa, 90% of schools cook with wood or charcoal—driving deforestation, climate impacts, and dangerous air pollution for learners and staff.
CLEAN-Air Africa’s research shows hazardous pollution in school kitchens and classrooms.
Watch the video:
CLEAN-Air Africa’s research shows hazardous pollution in school kitchens and classrooms.
Watch the video:
Introducing the AfriCAN Expert Bureau!
AfriCAN is calling for #AirQuality experts across Africa to join a new platform that puts expert insights at the center of air quality action. If you’re affiliated with an African institution, we want your voice.
Apply: bit.ly/4pwqZT1
AfriCAN is calling for #AirQuality experts across Africa to join a new platform that puts expert insights at the center of air quality action. If you’re affiliated with an African institution, we want your voice.
Apply: bit.ly/4pwqZT1
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Introducing the AfriCAN Expert Bureau!
AfriCAN is calling for #AirQuality experts across Africa to join a new platform that puts expert insights at the center of air quality action. If you’re affiliated with an African institution, we want your voice.
Apply: bit.ly/4pwqZT1
AfriCAN is calling for #AirQuality experts across Africa to join a new platform that puts expert insights at the center of air quality action. If you’re affiliated with an African institution, we want your voice.
Apply: bit.ly/4pwqZT1
#DYK we breathe up to 15,000 litres of air daily, along with pollutants that impact our health?
This interactive tool from @swisstph.ch shows how different pollutants affect the body in the short and long term.
🔗 Explore: bit.ly/4aga4zD
This interactive tool from @swisstph.ch shows how different pollutants affect the body in the short and long term.
🔗 Explore: bit.ly/4aga4zD
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#DYK we breathe up to 15,000 litres of air daily, along with pollutants that impact our health?
This interactive tool from @swisstph.ch shows how different pollutants affect the body in the short and long term.
🔗 Explore: bit.ly/4aga4zD
This interactive tool from @swisstph.ch shows how different pollutants affect the body in the short and long term.
🔗 Explore: bit.ly/4aga4zD
Partner Spotlight!
Climate In Africa is bridging Africa’s climate data gap with real-time air & weather stations, powering evidence-based clean air action.
Explore more partners advancing #CleanAir4Africa: bit.ly/4oUG8xu
Climate In Africa is bridging Africa’s climate data gap with real-time air & weather stations, powering evidence-based clean air action.
Explore more partners advancing #CleanAir4Africa: bit.ly/4oUG8xu
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Partner Spotlight!
Climate In Africa is bridging Africa’s climate data gap with real-time air & weather stations, powering evidence-based clean air action.
Explore more partners advancing #CleanAir4Africa: bit.ly/4oUG8xu
Climate In Africa is bridging Africa’s climate data gap with real-time air & weather stations, powering evidence-based clean air action.
Explore more partners advancing #CleanAir4Africa: bit.ly/4oUG8xu
Ethiopia’s rapid urban growth is driving rising #AirPollution and respiratory disease, especially in Addis Ababa. A new publication highlights gaps in monitoring, health impacts & the urgent need for stronger AQM systems.
Read more: bit.ly/47Ykv9C
#CleanAir4Africa
Read more: bit.ly/47Ykv9C
#CleanAir4Africa
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ethiopia’s rapid urban growth is driving rising #AirPollution and respiratory disease, especially in Addis Ababa. A new publication highlights gaps in monitoring, health impacts & the urgent need for stronger AQM systems.
Read more: bit.ly/47Ykv9C
#CleanAir4Africa
Read more: bit.ly/47Ykv9C
#CleanAir4Africa
#AirQuality data matters only when it drives action.
AfriCAN helps turn evidence into policies that protect people’s health. Through our first Policy Forum, 80+ African policymakers are now better equipped to shape sustainable cities.
Get involved → bit.ly/46WIBkL
AfriCAN helps turn evidence into policies that protect people’s health. Through our first Policy Forum, 80+ African policymakers are now better equipped to shape sustainable cities.
Get involved → bit.ly/46WIBkL
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#AirQuality data matters only when it drives action.
AfriCAN helps turn evidence into policies that protect people’s health. Through our first Policy Forum, 80+ African policymakers are now better equipped to shape sustainable cities.
Get involved → bit.ly/46WIBkL
AfriCAN helps turn evidence into policies that protect people’s health. Through our first Policy Forum, 80+ African policymakers are now better equipped to shape sustainable cities.
Get involved → bit.ly/46WIBkL
Applications are still open for the @openaq.org Ambassadors Program!
Passionate about clean air and based in Africa, apply for 9 months of air quality training, open data skills, leadership growth & global collaboration.
Open to emerging leaders across 29 African countries.
Apply: bit.ly/4idwDXP
Passionate about clean air and based in Africa, apply for 9 months of air quality training, open data skills, leadership growth & global collaboration.
Open to emerging leaders across 29 African countries.
Apply: bit.ly/4idwDXP
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Applications are still open for the @openaq.org Ambassadors Program!
Passionate about clean air and based in Africa, apply for 9 months of air quality training, open data skills, leadership growth & global collaboration.
Open to emerging leaders across 29 African countries.
Apply: bit.ly/4idwDXP
Passionate about clean air and based in Africa, apply for 9 months of air quality training, open data skills, leadership growth & global collaboration.
Open to emerging leaders across 29 African countries.
Apply: bit.ly/4idwDXP
#AirPollution affects millions, and the first step towards stronger action is understanding the science behind it.
These expert-led FAQs remain one of the clearest tools for breaking down what causes pollution, who is most affected, and what solutions work.
Read the FAQs here.
These expert-led FAQs remain one of the clearest tools for breaking down what causes pollution, who is most affected, and what solutions work.
Read the FAQs here.
Air pollution raises urgent questions and science has the answers. Scientists worldwide have answered 24 of the most pressing ones, from sources & health impacts to solutions for cleaner cities.
📖 Explore the FAQs: bit.ly/3JSAWuq
#CleanAir4Africa
📖 Explore the FAQs: bit.ly/3JSAWuq
#CleanAir4Africa
Frequently Asked Questions on Air Pollution
The theme of this year’s International Day of Clean Air for blue skies is Racing for Air, reflecting that air pollution does not recognize borders and slows everyone down. It is a global crisis that r...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#AirPollution affects millions, and the first step towards stronger action is understanding the science behind it.
These expert-led FAQs remain one of the clearest tools for breaking down what causes pollution, who is most affected, and what solutions work.
Read the FAQs here.
These expert-led FAQs remain one of the clearest tools for breaking down what causes pollution, who is most affected, and what solutions work.
Read the FAQs here.
#AirPollution is the number one environmental threat to children’s health. UNICEF'S new video explains the risks and highlights the actions communities and governments can take to protect them.
Watch the video👇 youtu.be/MSML3M9fQDU
Watch the video👇 youtu.be/MSML3M9fQDU
Tackling air pollution for healthy children | UNICEF
YouTube video by UNICEF
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November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
#AirPollution is the number one environmental threat to children’s health. UNICEF'S new video explains the risks and highlights the actions communities and governments can take to protect them.
Watch the video👇 youtu.be/MSML3M9fQDU
Watch the video👇 youtu.be/MSML3M9fQDU
#AirPollution is thenumber one environmental threat to children’s health. @UNICEF's new video explains the risks and highlights the actions communities and governments can take to protect them.
Watch the video👇 youtu.be/MSML3M9fQDU
Watch the video👇 youtu.be/MSML3M9fQDU
Tackling air pollution for healthy children | UNICEF
YouTube video by UNICEF
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November 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#AirPollution is thenumber one environmental threat to children’s health. @UNICEF's new video explains the risks and highlights the actions communities and governments can take to protect them.
Watch the video👇 youtu.be/MSML3M9fQDU
Watch the video👇 youtu.be/MSML3M9fQDU
Welcome to our newest AfriCAN partners!
We’re excited to continue expanding a diverse network of organisations working to advance clean air across the continent.
Together, we’re strengthening collaboration across sectors, and shaping a sustainable future for Africa.
We’re excited to continue expanding a diverse network of organisations working to advance clean air across the continent.
Together, we’re strengthening collaboration across sectors, and shaping a sustainable future for Africa.
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Welcome to our newest AfriCAN partners!
We’re excited to continue expanding a diverse network of organisations working to advance clean air across the continent.
Together, we’re strengthening collaboration across sectors, and shaping a sustainable future for Africa.
We’re excited to continue expanding a diverse network of organisations working to advance clean air across the continent.
Together, we’re strengthening collaboration across sectors, and shaping a sustainable future for Africa.
Clean air action saves lives and boosts economies.
Greater funding for air quality could:
Save >2m lives each year by 2040
Boost GDP by up to $2.4tn
But governments are only spending 1% to tackle #AirPollution. Read @cleanairfund.bsky.social State of #AirQuality Funding report.
bit.ly/4gGMopv
Greater funding for air quality could:
Save >2m lives each year by 2040
Boost GDP by up to $2.4tn
But governments are only spending 1% to tackle #AirPollution. Read @cleanairfund.bsky.social State of #AirQuality Funding report.
bit.ly/4gGMopv
The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2025
The only analysis of international funding for tackling air pollution from 2019 to 2023. Reccomendations for governments.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Clean air action saves lives and boosts economies.
Greater funding for air quality could:
Save >2m lives each year by 2040
Boost GDP by up to $2.4tn
But governments are only spending 1% to tackle #AirPollution. Read @cleanairfund.bsky.social State of #AirQuality Funding report.
bit.ly/4gGMopv
Greater funding for air quality could:
Save >2m lives each year by 2040
Boost GDP by up to $2.4tn
But governments are only spending 1% to tackle #AirPollution. Read @cleanairfund.bsky.social State of #AirQuality Funding report.
bit.ly/4gGMopv
Clean Air Report Ghana breaks down how #AirPollution shapes everyday life, from health to transport to climate.
A powerful resource for anyone that would like to understand Ghana’s #AirQuality challenges and the solutions discussed.
🔗 Listen in: bit.ly/4812Mgl
A powerful resource for anyone that would like to understand Ghana’s #AirQuality challenges and the solutions discussed.
🔗 Listen in: bit.ly/4812Mgl
Clean Air Report Ghana
In a world where the very air we breathe is threatened, we embark on a journey to uncover the hidden truths about air pollution. Welcome to Clean Air Report Ghana, a program where we discuss Ghana’s g...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Clean Air Report Ghana breaks down how #AirPollution shapes everyday life, from health to transport to climate.
A powerful resource for anyone that would like to understand Ghana’s #AirQuality challenges and the solutions discussed.
🔗 Listen in: bit.ly/4812Mgl
A powerful resource for anyone that would like to understand Ghana’s #AirQuality challenges and the solutions discussed.
🔗 Listen in: bit.ly/4812Mgl
Hosting an event on #AirQuality? AfriCAN can help amplify it.
Share your conference, workshop, or campaign and reach a continent-wide community.
📩 Submit your event: bit.ly/45xOEeu
#CleanAir4Africa
Share your conference, workshop, or campaign and reach a continent-wide community.
📩 Submit your event: bit.ly/45xOEeu
#CleanAir4Africa
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Hosting an event on #AirQuality? AfriCAN can help amplify it.
Share your conference, workshop, or campaign and reach a continent-wide community.
📩 Submit your event: bit.ly/45xOEeu
#CleanAir4Africa
Share your conference, workshop, or campaign and reach a continent-wide community.
📩 Submit your event: bit.ly/45xOEeu
#CleanAir4Africa
African cities in the @c40cities.bsky.social network are taking #CleanAir action alongside urban growth.
Dakar’s safer green spaces
Addis’ composting & recycling
Accra’s community waste sorting
Tshwane’s anti–tire-burning campaigns
Nairobi’s expanding AQ network
🔗 www.weforum.org/stories/2024...
Dakar’s safer green spaces
Addis’ composting & recycling
Accra’s community waste sorting
Tshwane’s anti–tire-burning campaigns
Nairobi’s expanding AQ network
🔗 www.weforum.org/stories/2024...
How cities are tackling the silent killer of air pollution
Air pollution kills 13 people globally every minute. Cities are waking up to this fact, and now these initiatives are making progress to cut air pollution.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
African cities in the @c40cities.bsky.social network are taking #CleanAir action alongside urban growth.
Dakar’s safer green spaces
Addis’ composting & recycling
Accra’s community waste sorting
Tshwane’s anti–tire-burning campaigns
Nairobi’s expanding AQ network
🔗 www.weforum.org/stories/2024...
Dakar’s safer green spaces
Addis’ composting & recycling
Accra’s community waste sorting
Tshwane’s anti–tire-burning campaigns
Nairobi’s expanding AQ network
🔗 www.weforum.org/stories/2024...
#AirPollution is among the top 5 threats to life expectancy in Nigeria.
EPIC's 2025 #AQLIReport finds pollution shortens the average Nigerian resident’s life expectancy by 1.8 years, relative to what it would be if the @who.int guideline was met. bit.ly/41L9gOr
EPIC's 2025 #AQLIReport finds pollution shortens the average Nigerian resident’s life expectancy by 1.8 years, relative to what it would be if the @who.int guideline was met. bit.ly/41L9gOr
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#AirPollution is among the top 5 threats to life expectancy in Nigeria.
EPIC's 2025 #AQLIReport finds pollution shortens the average Nigerian resident’s life expectancy by 1.8 years, relative to what it would be if the @who.int guideline was met. bit.ly/41L9gOr
EPIC's 2025 #AQLIReport finds pollution shortens the average Nigerian resident’s life expectancy by 1.8 years, relative to what it would be if the @who.int guideline was met. bit.ly/41L9gOr
Super pollutants like methane, black carbon & HFCs warm the planet faster than CO₂ and worsen #AirQuality. Cutting them brings quick wins for health & climate.
🔗 Learn more via this factsheet from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition: bit.ly/47W9KDw
🔗 Learn more via this factsheet from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition: bit.ly/47W9KDw
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Super pollutants like methane, black carbon & HFCs warm the planet faster than CO₂ and worsen #AirQuality. Cutting them brings quick wins for health & climate.
🔗 Learn more via this factsheet from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition: bit.ly/47W9KDw
🔗 Learn more via this factsheet from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition: bit.ly/47W9KDw
Partner Spotlight | Makerere University Lung Institute
From lung health research to policy advocacy, Makerere University Lung_Institute is advancing #CleanAir & stronger health systems in Uganda & beyond.
Proud to collaborate for #CleanAir4Africa.
From lung health research to policy advocacy, Makerere University Lung_Institute is advancing #CleanAir & stronger health systems in Uganda & beyond.
Proud to collaborate for #CleanAir4Africa.
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Partner Spotlight | Makerere University Lung Institute
From lung health research to policy advocacy, Makerere University Lung_Institute is advancing #CleanAir & stronger health systems in Uganda & beyond.
Proud to collaborate for #CleanAir4Africa.
From lung health research to policy advocacy, Makerere University Lung_Institute is advancing #CleanAir & stronger health systems in Uganda & beyond.
Proud to collaborate for #CleanAir4Africa.
Register for this interactive briefing with @heisoga.bsky.social to unpack key findings from the State of Global Air 2025 report, exploring what the latest data means for health, research and policy action across Africa.
🗓️ November 12th, 2025
🕒 3:00 PM EAT | 12:00 PM GMT
🔗: bit.ly/4oxD8XT
🗓️ November 12th, 2025
🕒 3:00 PM EAT | 12:00 PM GMT
🔗: bit.ly/4oxD8XT
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Register for this interactive briefing with @heisoga.bsky.social to unpack key findings from the State of Global Air 2025 report, exploring what the latest data means for health, research and policy action across Africa.
🗓️ November 12th, 2025
🕒 3:00 PM EAT | 12:00 PM GMT
🔗: bit.ly/4oxD8XT
🗓️ November 12th, 2025
🕒 3:00 PM EAT | 12:00 PM GMT
🔗: bit.ly/4oxD8XT
Deadline for submissions to the AfriCAN Peer Editing Program is today, November 10th, 2025.
Learn more here on how to apply: bit.ly/492H6CD
Learn more here on how to apply: bit.ly/492H6CD
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Deadline for submissions to the AfriCAN Peer Editing Program is today, November 10th, 2025.
Learn more here on how to apply: bit.ly/492H6CD
Learn more here on how to apply: bit.ly/492H6CD
The AfriCAN Resources Hub brings together the latest research, tools & data to support clean air action across Africa.
Access insights, reports & case studies that turn evidence into impact.
👉 Explore: bit.ly/4ouqZmd
Access insights, reports & case studies that turn evidence into impact.
👉 Explore: bit.ly/4ouqZmd
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The AfriCAN Resources Hub brings together the latest research, tools & data to support clean air action across Africa.
Access insights, reports & case studies that turn evidence into impact.
👉 Explore: bit.ly/4ouqZmd
Access insights, reports & case studies that turn evidence into impact.
👉 Explore: bit.ly/4ouqZmd
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Want to stay on top of everything happening at #COP30?
WRI’s resource hub brings together the latest expert thinking so you can follow the outcomes that matter 👉 go.wri.org/cop30
WRI’s resource hub brings together the latest expert thinking so you can follow the outcomes that matter 👉 go.wri.org/cop30
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Want to stay on top of everything happening at #COP30?
WRI’s resource hub brings together the latest expert thinking so you can follow the outcomes that matter 👉 go.wri.org/cop30
WRI’s resource hub brings together the latest expert thinking so you can follow the outcomes that matter 👉 go.wri.org/cop30
Be part of the #CleanAir4Africa Network.
AfriCAN bridges people, science & policy to transform air quality data into meaningful action, from local innovation to global progress.
Learn more: bit.ly/4ov6OEY
AfriCAN bridges people, science & policy to transform air quality data into meaningful action, from local innovation to global progress.
Learn more: bit.ly/4ov6OEY
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Be part of the #CleanAir4Africa Network.
AfriCAN bridges people, science & policy to transform air quality data into meaningful action, from local innovation to global progress.
Learn more: bit.ly/4ov6OEY
AfriCAN bridges people, science & policy to transform air quality data into meaningful action, from local innovation to global progress.
Learn more: bit.ly/4ov6OEY
Explore East Africa’s #AirPollution & health research database LiNDA HEWA, an interactive map by @heiresearch.bsky.social where users can search, view & download studies across the region.
🔗 Explore: bit.ly/4opcuQF
💌 Have a study to add? Send it to: [email protected]
🔗 Explore: bit.ly/4opcuQF
💌 Have a study to add? Send it to: [email protected]
Literature Database for Air Pollution and Health Work in East Africa (LiNDA HEWA)
This searchable map displays the geographic distribution of published work on air pollution and health in East Africa.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Explore East Africa’s #AirPollution & health research database LiNDA HEWA, an interactive map by @heiresearch.bsky.social where users can search, view & download studies across the region.
🔗 Explore: bit.ly/4opcuQF
💌 Have a study to add? Send it to: [email protected]
🔗 Explore: bit.ly/4opcuQF
💌 Have a study to add? Send it to: [email protected]
Partner Spotlight: The National Public Transport Alliance (NAPTA) is transforming Kenya’s transport sector through community engagement & policy advocacy.
From the Breathe Cities Initiative to Nairobi’s AQ Working Group, NAPTA is driving cleaner, sustainable mobility.
🔗 www.napta.or.ke
From the Breathe Cities Initiative to Nairobi’s AQ Working Group, NAPTA is driving cleaner, sustainable mobility.
🔗 www.napta.or.ke
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Partner Spotlight: The National Public Transport Alliance (NAPTA) is transforming Kenya’s transport sector through community engagement & policy advocacy.
From the Breathe Cities Initiative to Nairobi’s AQ Working Group, NAPTA is driving cleaner, sustainable mobility.
🔗 www.napta.or.ke
From the Breathe Cities Initiative to Nairobi’s AQ Working Group, NAPTA is driving cleaner, sustainable mobility.
🔗 www.napta.or.ke