#AirQuality solutions evolve when people & ideas connect. Through the Clean Air Forum, AfriCAN links countries, cities & global experts to share knowledge and co-create scalable approaches for #CleanAir4Africa to drive impact.
Learn more: cleanairafrica.org

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

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
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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
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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.

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

Calling early-career researchers in #AtmosphericChemistry! The ECR-IGAC-iCACGP Committee is recruiting new members, especially from Africa and S. America.
Applications are due 4th January, 2026.
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/4nKRqmK
#CleanAir4Africa

EGU Public Engagement Grants: 2025 winners announced <p>The EGU Outreach Committee has named four Public Engagement Grant winners this year: a community air quality initiative in Ghana, an Earth-observation based educational card game for older adults i...

👏 Congratulations to AfriCAN partner Clean Air One Atmosphere, winner of the 2025 @egu.eu Public Engagement Grant for their work to drive awareness & public understanding of #AirQuality in communities across Africa.
Read more: www.egu.eu/news/1511/eg...
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Driving conversations that put #CleanAir4Africa at the centre of Africa's development agenda is essential. Through partnerships, we’re raising awareness & engaging communities to make #AirQuality central to Africa’s future.
Partner with us & Share your air quality events here: bit.ly/4oGuYvE

#AirPollution and climate change are inseparable. A new
Clean Air Journal editorial co-authored by AfriCAN’s Prof. Rebecca Garland calls for action to make #cleanair central to G20 priorities.
📖 Read the editorial: bit.ly/4nwUpPv
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Partner Spotlight!
Taita Taveta County is advancing local #CleanAir action through strong #airquality management and pollution control—building healthier, more sustainable communities.
Together, we’re driving #CleanAir4Africa.

The State of Global Air Quality Funding 2025 Air pollution is the world’s largest environmental health threat, causing 8.1 million premature deaths every year. Nine in ten of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Despite this u...

Africa's cities are growing fast but #AirQuality funding is low as the continent only gets <1% of global support yet #AirPollution is the 2nd biggest threat to health.
It’s time to prioritize investment in #CleanAir4Africa.
Read more in cleanairfund.bsky.social's report: bit.ly/4gGMopv

We’re thrilled to welcome our newest partners to AfriCAN, each bringing unique expertise across science, policy, and citizen engagement.

Together, we’re expanding collaboration, strengthening data-driven action, and fostering unified effort for #cleanair4africa.

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Clean Air Journal - Africa Clean Air Network Theme: CLEAN-Air Forum 2025: Air Quality Science and Policy in Africa This special issue of the Clean Air Journal aims to publish selected papers based on abstracts presented at the CLEAN-Air Forum 20...

🚨Call for Papers!
The Clean Air Journal Special Issue invites submissions from registered #CLEANAirForum2025 attendees whose abstracts were accepted.
Peer editing: Nov 10th, 2025
Final submissions: Mar 31st, 2026
Submit your work & shape #CleanAir4Africa.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/3W3cPw5

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Driving Change: How Mobility Choices Shape Our Air . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. 14:00-15:30 WAT | 15:00-16:30 SAST | 16:00-17:30 EAT This webinar is hosted by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) and the Africa Clean Air Network (AfriCAN). The transportati...

⏰ 1 day to go! Don’t miss our webinar “Driving Change: How Mobility Choices Shape Our Air.” Explore how smarter mobility can boost health, productivity & clean air.

📅 Sept 26 | 🕑 14:00–15:30 WAT.
👉 bit.ly/3Vos8PE
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Advancing clean air in Africa: Data, solutions and partnerships In 2021, exposure to air pollution resulted in an estimated 1.2 million premature deaths and 54 million healthy years of life lost across the continent. With rapid urbanisation, population growth, and...

Solutions for clean air are already driving change across Africa.
Dakar: 1st electric BRT system
Uganda: National Air Quality Standards
Rwanda & Kenya: clean cooking solutions
West Africa: linking clean air & climate in NDCs
Explore more in our blog: bit.ly/3K7vOTv
#CleanAir4Africa

Son approche holistique, conciliant la Science, la Gouvernance et les Communautés, concourt à la vision collective du #CleanAir4Africa.

Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa

Africa’s first-ever Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development is a landmark resource that links action on air quality and climate to urgent health and development benefits. #CleanAir4Africa
📌 Access the full report: bit.ly/4mgPWju

Air Pollution Note – Data you need to know All of the critical data you need to know on air pollution from pm2.5 by country, policy-level action, health impact and more.

#DidYouKnow? Cooking, heating & transport are major sources of fine particle pollution worldwide.
Explore the UNEP Pollution Action Note for data on sources, impacts & solutions by country: bit.ly/41R24jI
#CleanAir4Africa

Image of heatmap for Ghana showing air pollution data trends using a heatmap.

The GRASP dataset is expanding access to air quality data across the continent.
Update: Ghana’s dataset is now live, providing daily PM2.5 trends from the early 2000s through 2024. A powerful tool to inform research, policy, and action for #CleanAir4Africa.
🔗 Explore here: bit.ly/42mk99m

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...

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
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Delighted to welcome our 7 new partners joining the Africa Clean Air Network. Each organisaton brings unique expertise and diverse perspectives that strengthen our collective mission for #CleanAir4Africa. Together we’re driving coordinated, evidence-based solutions across the continent.

Graphic design themed "Partner Spotlight, Eastern Africa GeoHealth Hub"

Partner Spotlight: Eastern Africa GEOHealth Hub

What’s in the air we breathe, and how is it affecting our health? The Eastern Africa GEOHealth Hub is finding answers, investigating pollution sources, its impacts across life stages, and ways to inform effective policy.
#CleanAir4Africa

What does progress towards #CleanAir4Africa look like? It involves:
✅ Cross-border knowledge exchange
✅ Data that informs action
✅ Public participation
✅ Policies grounded in science and lived experiences

We advance solutions transforming communities and building a more sustainable future for all.

"Clean air is a shared responsibility." A powerful call from Hon. Obiga Kania, Minister of State for Urban Development, Uganda captures the essence behind the Network: collaboration, knowledge exchange, and shared action for #CleanAir4Africa.
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We’re proud to be featured in the latest AirQo newsletter, a partner spotlight that captures the momentum we’re building together for #CleanAir4Africa and work with partners to share data, shape policies and scale up locally grounded solutions.

Read the newsletter here > bit.ly/4nX7WRM

Unveiled at the 2023 launch in Kampala, and with a reignited vision for partnerships at the 2025 #cleanairforumnairobi, our mission at the Africa Clean Air Network continues to build on a shared platform uniting partners to support #CleanAir4Africa.