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Carbon projects in Africa
Carbon-credit projects registered with Gold Standard, Verra, ACR, ART and Plan Vivo, from the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08) with Gold Standard registry details. Every project can be opened for its full record, and each map point says how its location was established.
Projects
2,563
1,253 active · 758 in the pipeline
Credits issued
418,108,983
tonnes CO₂-equivalent, all vintages
Credits retired
233,409,680
56% of issued
Nature-based · blue carbon
365 · 30
507 projects have a mapped location
Where the projects are
Only projects with a verified location are drawn. Click a point for its details; every click zooms in.
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Point colour is the Carbon Projects theme. The Location column shows how accurate each point is: Project location is exact as published by the registry, Programme location is shared by several projects, Named place and Area centre are approximate.
Community involvement
1,330 of 2,563 projects describe who they work with
Read from each project's own description. Where the text does not say, Atlas says so instead of guessing; project design documents in the registry are the place to check consultation and benefit-sharing.
Credits issued by vintage year
Tonnes of CO₂-equivalent
Credits issued by project type
Largest types
| Project | Registry | Type | Status | Community | Issued | Retired | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 54 GS12256 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 146,113 | 48,278 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 26 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7646 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 143,577 | 121,821 | Country only |
| African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Tanzania - CAMARTEC - VPA002 GS2751 · Tanzania · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 142,130 | 142,010 | Country only |
| CPA 053 – Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11198 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 134,745 | 67,195 | Country only |
| CPA-KE-009 KENYA GS7505 · Kenya · ClimateCare Limited |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 133,785 | 0 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 27 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7647 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 132,883 | 106,303 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 53 GS12255 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 132,503 | 38,299 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 51 GS12253 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 131,456 | 33,365 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 55 GS12257 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 130,811 | 8,262 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 52 GS12254 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 130,390 | 32,199 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 29 GS11287 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 130,207 | 18,172 | Country only |
| CPA 009 – Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11194 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 129,619 | 89,648 | Country only |
| CPA 054 – Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11199 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 129,406 | 84,158 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 38 Zambia Western Province Safe Water Project GS11011 · Zambia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 124,966 | 22,378 | Country only |
| Energy efficiency improvement project leading to multiple sustainable... GS6604 · Uganda · Pacific Engineering Services Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 124,469 | 82,896 | Project location |
| VPA 28 Coastal Kenya Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7692 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 123,522 | 45,775 | Country only |
| GS11191 VPA-1 Biolite Improved Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11193 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 121,166 | 81,575 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 49 GS12251 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 120,944 | 37,828 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 28 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7648 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 120,062 | 118,646 | Country only |
| GS10789 GS11673 RVPA-63: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households i... GS12282 · Nigeria · Save Forest 2 Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 119,441 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-2 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12050 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 119,111 | 7,045 | Country only |
| Sodo Ethiopia GS3007 · Ethiopia · World Vision Australia |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... +1 | 116,275 | 156,690 | Project location |
| Grid-connected Solar PV project in Kahone GS10808 · Senegal · AERA Group |
Gold Standard | Solar - Centralized | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
villages | 114,433 | 32,173 | Country only |
| Congo (DRC) Improved Cook Stoves VPA 001– Limete GS11325 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Vitol SA |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 111,365 | 17,500 | Country only |
| Sustainable Agroforestry Based Dairy Value Chain in Mount Elgon Kenya GS6588 · Kenya · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF |
Gold Standard | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
smallholder or rural f... +1 | 111,343 | 6,467 | Corrected location |
About this data. Project lists, status and credit totals come from the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project's Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0), which compiles the public registries. Gold Standard details and coordinates come from the Gold Standard public registry; Vanga Blue Forest and Mikoko Pamoja come from Plan Vivo. Figures change as registries update. Please cite the Berkeley database and the registry when you use them, and check a registry record before relying on a number.