Awardees In the News·Aug 3, 2026

Northern Argentina’s Breathe2Change Initiative

via Medium
Backed by the EPIC Air Quality Fund, the Breathe2Change Initiative—founded by research scientist Rodrigo Gastón Gibilisco—is building Northern Argentina's first real-time air quality monitoring network to tackle severe seasonal air pollution in Tucumán, Northwestern Argentina.
Awardees In the News·Jul 8, 2026

How AI-powered tools are transforming air quality monitoring in Africa

via Clean Air Fund
In this blog Dr. Deo Okure—from AirQo and an EPIC Air Quality Fund Awardee—talks about how many African cities lack reliable air quality data to inform their clean air measures. AirQo is scaling the deployment of open‑source, AI‑powered tools to...
Awardees In the News·Jun 25, 2026

Data drives air quality control

via Nation Online
This article talks about how the EPIC Air Quality Fund Awardee Associate Professor Chikumbusko Kaonga from the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUMBAS) and his colleagues are showing how open air quality data is turning invisible pollution into...
Awardees In the News·May 22, 2026

In times of poor air quality, data is power.

via Contra Corriente
EPIC Air Quality Fund Awardee from Honduras talks in this article about how a severe 2024 air pollution crisis caught the country off guard with only a couple of air quality monitors and data that was not publicly accessible. To...
Awardees In the News·May 7, 2026

KCCA Trains Journalists in Air Pollution Reporting

via Nile Post
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) conducted a training for approximately 50 journalists aimed at strengthening their understanding of air pollution and its impacts.
Awardees In the News·May 7, 2026

Liberia’s Clean Air Progress Earns International Recognition

via The New Dawn Liberia
According to a communication from the EPIC Air Quality Fund, the project’s work has contributed to the establishment of Liberia’s first long-term PM2.5 monitoring network combining low-cost sensors and reference-grade monitoring
Awardees In the News·Jan 21, 2026

With monitors and lawsuits, Pakistanis fight for clean air

via France24
With pollution in Pakistan hitting record highs in recent years, citizens clutching air monitors and legal papers are taking the fight for clean air into their own hands.
Awardees In the News·Nov 6, 2025

‘Data on air quality in Malawi is scarce’

via The Times Group
Scientists from the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (Malawi) are conducting a research on the air quality in Malawi. Why does this matter? CHARLES MPAKA spoke with project team leader, CHIKUMBUSKO KAONGA, about the research.
Awardees In the News·Jun 6, 2025

Lagos, Port Harcourt Embrace Innovative PM2.5 Monitoring with AI and Sensor Technology

via Environment Africa Magazine
EPIC Air Quality Fund Awardee launches low-cost sensor technology with artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor and analyze fine particulate matter (PM2.5) along major transport corridors in Nigeria.
Awardees In the News·Jun 6, 2025

Lagos, Port Harcourt to Benefit from Cutting-Edge PM2.5 Monitoring Using AI and Low-Cost Sensors

via Daily Insight
EPIC Air Quality Fund Awardee, Air Quality Monitoring Research Group (University of Lagos) has deployed low-cost sensors to monitor PM2.5 pollution.