Outbox Rallies Technologists to Harness Collection, Use of Open Data on Air Quality | PC Tech Magazine

"Outbox hub is set to host local technologists, environmentalists and media in a one day workshop to find new ways of how to work with open data on air quality for science, journalism and research.

Dubbed ‘Pimaa Datathon,’ the workshop is slated to take place on Saturday, February 4th starting from 10am to 1pm at Outbox hub, Lumumba Avenue, Kampala.

Currently, there is no digital infrastructure in Uganda that supports accurate and reliable monitoring of the country’s air quality against international air quality standards and recommendations.

Pimaa, an Internet of Things (IoT) project is building low-cost environmental sensor platforms that can be easily deployed to public outposts and sites to collect data on air quality.

According to Outbox officials, the data collected will be transformed and stored on the Pimaa platform against open data standards that will ease the accessibility and dissemination of air quality data."