Our Products / Binos Monitor
Built in Africa for African cities.
Designed, manufactured, and calibrated to measure ambient air quality and optimized to suit the African context.
Designed for Africa
The monitors are optimized with capabilities to cope with challenges like extreme weather conditions, including high levels of dust and heat, typical of the context of African cities. We apply AI-driven calibration systems to enhance the accuracy and reliability of the air quality data.
Powered by either mains or solar, the device is optimized to work in settings characterized by unreliable power and intermittent internet connectivity. It runs on a 2G GSM network configuration for IoT SIM cards.
Locally built
Designed for African cities
The monitors are optimized with capabilities to cope with challenges like extreme weather conditions, including high levels of dust and heat, typical of the context of African cities. We apply AI-driven calibration systems to enhance the accuracy and reliability of the air quality data.
Powered by either mains or solar, the device is optimized to work in settings characterized by unreliable power and intermittent internet connectivity.
Monitors in African Cities
We're providing an end-to-end air quality solution in major African cities leveraging the locally built low-cost monitors and existing expertise to advance air quality management.
AI-driven calibration
We apply AI-driven calibration systems to enhance the accuracy and reliability of the air quality data from the monitors.
Extreme weather resilience
Optimized to cope with extreme weather conditions including high levels of dust and heat typical of African cities.
Solar and mains powered
Powered by either mains or solar, the device is optimized to work in settings characterized by unreliable power.
Flexible installation
The monitors are easy to install and can be placed on static buildings or motorcycle taxis to improve spatial coverage.
End-to-end monitoring
From hardware deployment to data access, we provide a complete monitoring solution including technical support.
City-wide coverage
Providing air quality data across major African cities to help tackle air pollution at scale.
Monitor Installation
This guide includes instructions and manuals on how to easily activate, install, operate and manage the Binos Air Quality Monitors.
350+ Air quality monitors installed in 8 major African cities
To effectively tackle air pollution, access to data and contextual evidence is important to show the scale and magnitude of air pollution.
We're providing an end-to-end air quality solution in major African cities leveraging the locally built low-cost monitors and existing expertise to advance air quality management, and implicitly, air quality improvement in these African cities.
Mobile monitoring
Revolutionizing spatial coverage
The monitors are easy to install and can be placed on static buildings or motorcycle taxis locally called 'boda-bodas' to improve spatial coverage and revolution.
Air quality data collection using motorcycle taxis has real potential for high-resolution air quality monitoring in urban spaces. Mobile monitoring enables us to close the gaps and spatial limitations of fixed static monitoring.
AirQo Monitoring Solutions
Deploy air quality monitoring in your City
AirQo provides scalable air quality monitoring solutions designed for cities, institutions, and communities seeking reliable air pollution data. From neighbourhood pilots to city-wide monitoring networks, our plans are built to support partners at every stage of deployment.
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