More people around the world now die from air pollution than malaria, tuberculosis and HIV combined, according to a 2016 study in the journal Nature led by Johannes Lelieveld, director of the Max Planck Institute for chemistry in Germany. In Cairo alone, it was estimated in 2012 that the deaths of around 43,000 Egyptians were related to air pollution, with heart disease, stroke and respiratory infections cited as the top causes of premature death. “When I noticed how serious the problem was, I told myself that something needs to change,” Karim Tarraf tells Egyptian Streets. Tarraf is the CEO and Managing Director of ‘Hawa Dawa’, a growing and highly successful company in Germany that combines IoT (Internet of Things) sensor technology, AI (artificial intelligence) and earth observation to provide high quality, fine-granular environmental data for cities and companies working to improve the quality and cleanness of air. It’s goal is establish air quality data as a new commodity to facility smart health, new mobility and smart city applications. Since its founding in 2016, Hawa Dawa has won an endless number of prestigious awards, including the startup contests of the German Federal Ministries…
‘Hawa Dawa’: The Egyptian Fighting Air Pollution Using Artificial Intelligence
November 2, 2018
