Accra is wiring itself with low-cost sensors to see, for the first time, exactly where its toxic air is hitting hardest.
Ghana
Africa · Western Africa
5 projects · 5 organizations
Latest from Ghana
Clean Air
30%Air pollution and carbon emissions reduction target by 2030
1,790deaths/yearEstimated preventable deaths avoidable annually in Greater Accra if WHO air guidelines are met
The Or Foundation
Waste & RecyclingThe Or Foundation — Justice for Kantamanto's Clothing Waste
Fights fast fashion's 'waste colonialism' from inside Accra's Kantamanto, the world's largest secondhand clothing market.
10tonnesClothing waste removed from Accra's beaches weekly
25MgarmentsGarments recirculated through Kantamanto monthly
Ghana Wildlife Society
WildlifeGuarding Ghana's Threatened Trees, Birds and Wild Places
Ghana's leading wildlife NGO is pulling a critically endangered tree back from the brink while training communities to steward forests and birds.
74.03hectaresTalbotiella gentii habitat restored (up from 34.53 ha)
45kseedlingsTalbotiella gentii seedlings germinated
Toyola Energy Limited
Clean AirToyola's Efficient Stoves Cut Ghana's Smoky Kitchens
A Ghanaian social enterprise sells ceramic-lined charcoal stoves that cut smoke, fuel bills, and burns for low-income households across West Africa.
150kstoves/yearCookstoves produced annually (group-wide)
1Mtonnes CO2e/yearGreenhouse gas emissions avoided annually
Trashy Bags Africa
Waste & RecyclingTrashy Bags Africa: Sachet Waste Sewn Into Style
A Ghanaian sewing workshop turns the drinking-water sachets that choke Accra's gutters and beaches into bags, wallets and accessories, paying collectors and seamstresses for waste most people just step over.
30MsachetsSachets recycled since founding
200ksachets/monthSachets collected monthly




