The African Air Quality School: Building Clean Air Champions Across Africa

Clean air advocacy in Africa is taking shape in lecture halls, laboratories, and everyday conversations far beyond policy spaces. In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, Michael Asharley takes listeners to Kumasi for an inside look at the African School on Air Quality and Pollution Prevention hosted at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

The episode features voices from Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and Ghana, as participants share how the intensive training has deepened their understanding of air pollution, public health, and environmental responsibility. From monitoring and data analysis to communication, community engagement, and policy influence, the school is equipping a new generation with practical tools grounded in African realities.

As researchers, communicators, industry practitioners, and youth advocates reflect on what they are taking back to their home countries, the episode captures a growing continental network committed to cleaner air. It is a story of shared learning, cross-border collaboration, and the emergence of clean air champions determined to turn knowledge into action.

Clean Air Report Ghana is a collaboration between New Narratives and leading Ghanaian newsrooms. Funding is provided by the Clean Air Fund which had no say in the reporting.