Detecting Air Pollution in Nigeria using Machine Learning and Satellite Imagery

Nigeria has the largest number of deaths in Africa due to air pollution. Contributors to this challenge being vehicle emissions, generator fumes, bush burning, crude oil exploration, etc.

To have a better understanding of the problem and how it can be fixed, it is important to understand which regions are affected by this the most.

Air contamination kills several people annually and Nigeria has high rates of unhealthy air quality across the African continent.

Learning about air pollution and identifying regions affected will help Nigerians better understand how to manage their health and remedy the situation.

• Get a list of regions in Nigeria suffering from air pollution.
• Identifying regions in the country that require immediate attention by the government.
• Identifying possible causes for the air high levels of air pollution and providing recommendations to remedy the situation.

1. Processing satellite imagery 2. Carrying out image segmentation 3. Creating machine learning-driven heat maps to identify regions with high levels of air pollution