Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences

The award will support the monitoring of PM2.5 concentration levels across five strategically chosen districts in Malawi, deploying 20 PM2.5 air quality monitors in Blantyre, Salima, Lilongwe, Mzuzu, and Zomba. This monitoring network will be part of a nationwide network that provides extensive coverage and delivers real-time PM2.5 data across Malawi, making it one of the first networks of its kind in the region.

We do hope to provide data on PM2.5 for Malawi which is very scarce. Additionally, we believe that through this project, air quality monitoring in Malawi will start to be taken as a priority. We believe that the data generated and shared, will open up doors for further collaboration both locally and internationally.

Chikumbusko Chiziwa Kaonga, PhD, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences