Top 10 Most Polluted Cities in Africa

Top 10 Most Polluted Cities in Africa.
Hello Displorers, welcome back to another informative video and thanks for watching. In today’s video, we shall be looking at the top 10 most polluted cities in Africa. Due to Africa’s natural environment, it is supposed to have one of the cleanest environments in the world, but efforts to grow the countries and cities to move from 3rd world to at least 2nd world has left many countries very polluted as an effect. Most African countries struggle with air pollution but few have formal regulations — or enforce them — against emissions. Rapid urbanization, population growth and traditional reliance on wood burning for cooking and heat have raised the level of pollution. The pollution index is used to measure how polluted a city is compared to the others. Pollution Index is an estimation of the overall pollution in the city. The pollution Scale uses an exponential scale to show very high numbers for very polluted cities and very low numbers for unpolluted cities. Therefore, to calculate formula it uses the exponential function to calculate the index. From the last data collected, the most polluted city in the world is Tetovo, in Macedonia with a pollution index of 97.33.
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The pollution index is historical and they are published periodically by the World health organization and Africa UN Environment . It's a snapshot of the current indices at a specific point in time. so, without any further ado, here are the current most polluted cities in the Africa.
10. Tunis (Tunisia). Pollution Index - 70.53
Tunis is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The great metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants, making it the third-largest city in the Maghreb region after Casablanca and Algiers and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. Tunis is the focus of Tunisian political and administrative life; it is also the Centre of the country's commercial and cultural activities. Rampant pollution in Tunisia’s largest city is largely due to rapid industrialization, and an estimated 13,000 tons of industrial pollution is thought to be released into the Gulf of Gabes every year. Citizens often fall victim to pollution-related illness, and the surrounding ecosystem has suffered greatly as clean air becomes a precious commodity. So many factories and industries are also located in the city which makes it a booming area of commercial activities. With a pollution index of 70.53, it is the 10th most polluted city in Africa.
9. Harare( Zimbabwe) - Pollution Index -73.38
Zimbabwe’s capital city of Harare faces similar problems to other African metropolitan areas. Its rapid expansion has resulted in a massive outpouring of vehicle emissions and an increasingly high demand for energy. The city’s estimated 2.5 million people own approximately two thirds of all of the vehicles in Zimbabwe, many of which are not roadworthy and would not meet international standards for environmental safety. The city is a bittering Centre of activities which include administrative, commercial and industrial which are all geared towards the building of the city to become a world class city. These activities are the cause of the air, water and other forms of pollution in the city. The city ranked 9th in the recent pull of most polluted cities in Africa with a pollution index of 73.38.
8. Nairobi (Kenya) Pollution Index - 76.95
Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya. The city has a population estimate of 4.5 million people. The city is popularly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. According to the 2019 census, in the administrative area of Nairobi, 4,397,073 inhabitants lived within 696 km2. Nairobi being the capital and largest city in Kenya implies that a lot of movement and activities occur in the city. The movement occurs from the constant influx of tourist and administrators for issues of the state and leisure. More so, the activities in the city include commercial, industrial and administrative off course which turn to increase the level of air and water pollution reason they are at number 8 on this list.
7. Marrakech, Morocco Pollution Index 77.82
Marrakesh is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco and it is the capital of the mid-southwestern region of Marrakesh-Safi. Marrakesh grew rapidly and established itself as a cultural, religious, and trading center for the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa. Jemaa el-Fnaa in Marrakesh is the busiest square in Africa fused with so many activities which greatly contribute