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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS1247 VPA 99 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Kasungu Bor... GS5339 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 67,225 | 54,001 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 33 Improved Kitchen Regimes : Kaliro Safe Water Project GS3443 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 66,951 | 54,749 | Programme location |
| CPA 052 – Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11197 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 66,858 | 46,784 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 101 GS12417 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 66,803 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 96 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa & Kasu... GS5336 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 66,780 | 45,139 | Country only |
| GivePower Kenya Solar Water Farms GS10987 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 66,385 | 27,596 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 4 Dokolo District Borehole Project GS2480 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 66,367 | 64,312 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 101 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Kasungu Bo... GS5341 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 66,212 | 56,786 | Country only |
| Durban Landfill-gas-to-electricity project – Mariannhill and La Mercy... VCS1702 · South Africa · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | Landfill Methane | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 66,201 | 62,343 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 98 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreho... GS5338 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 65,662 | 51,438 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 90 Southern Ethiopia Efficient Cook Stoves GS5326 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 65,640 | 55,990 | Programme location |
| VPA 6 Kilifi Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7128 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 65,315 | 43,847 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 43 Alebtong Dokolo Otuke District Boreholes GS4260 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 65,171 | 63,677 | Project location |
| GS10789 GS 10790 RVPA 47: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households i... GS11731 · Tanzania · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 65,089 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-10 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS3524 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 64,495 | 48,404 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 89 Southern Ethiopia Efficient Cook Stoves GS5325 · Ethiopia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 64,404 | 56,898 | Project location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 27 GS11927 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 63,990 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 17 GS11917 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 63,934 | 39,522 | Country only |
| Up Energy Improved Cookstoves Programme, Uganda - CER Conversion VCS3371 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 63,908 | 53,840 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-05 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS3519 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 63,836 | 28,242 | Project location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 18 GS11918 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 63,795 | 10,478 | Country only |
| Institutional Improved Cook Stoves for Schools and Institutions in Uga... GS4364 · Uganda · Simoshi Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 63,705 | 21,962 | Programme location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 13 GS11913 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 63,419 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-06 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS3520 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 63,376 | 20,119 | Project location |
| GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-09 - tiipaalga F3PA... GS3523 · Burkina Faso · Tiipaalga |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 62,812 | 44,610 | Project 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.