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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS2527 - Mobisol Solar Home Systems in Tanzania – VPA 1 GS2528 · Tanzania · Mobisol |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 45,447 | 41,862 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 41 Gatsibo District Boreholes (GS4202) GS4202 · Rwanda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 45,442 | 45,423 | Programme location |
| GS10789 VPA9: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Mozambique GS11605 · Mozambique · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 45,113 | 0 | Country only |
| Nagreongo solar PV GS10869 · Burkina Faso · AERA Group |
Gold Standard | Solar - Centralized | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 44,878 | 0 | Country only |
| Small-scale solar electrical programme South Africa – CPA-003 GS11998 · South Africa · BLUE WORLD CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD |
Gold Standard | Solar - Distributed | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 44,825 | 44,825 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 20 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Proj... GS3431 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 44,824 | 44,824 | Corrected location |
| GS1247 VPA 42 Gatsibo District Boreholes (GS4203) GS4203 · Rwanda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 44,622 | 43,660 | Programme location |
| GS7591 VPA 60 Improved Cookstove Distribution in Kayonza Bugesera and... GS12617 · Rwanda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 44,577 | 515 | Country only |
| Community Carbon Efficient Cooking Programme VPA-27 GS12638 · Mozambique · Community Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 44,561 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 21 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Proj... GS3432 · Rwanda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 44,389 | 44,009 | Corrected location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 31 GS11929 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 44,236 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1264: Native Clean Water Programme West Africa- VPA (03) Santrokofi... GS5802 · Ghana · NATIVE A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 44,112 | 0 | Project location |
| GS2489 – Efficient cookstoves in Benin and Togo – VPA2 – EcoBénin – Wa... GS6008 · Benin · CO2logic |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 44,034 | 43,005 | Project location |
| GS5047 VPA4 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Vir... GS5783 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 43,988 | 38,971 | Programme location |
| Safe Drinking Water Supply Project in the Rural Area of Senegal VCS3691 · Senegal · Guangzhou Iceberg Environmental Consulting Service... |
Verra | Clean Water | Active Registered |
Not stated | 43,884 | 2,100 | Country only |
| Deactivated Projects GS2563 · Rwanda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 43,836 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 121 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS5827 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 43,590 | 26,872 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 120 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS5826 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 43,575 | 30,288 | Programme location |
| CHITETEZO MBAULA PROJECT – MALAWI VCS4144 · Malawi · CO2Logic SA (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 43,550 | 17,669 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 22 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Proj... GS3433 · Rwanda · Deactivated Projects |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 43,519 | 43,519 | Corrected location |
| Boundiali solar power plant GS12486 · Côte d'Ivoire · AERA Group |
Gold Standard | Solar - Centralized | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 43,395 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 66 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS5039 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 43,248 | 36,186 | Programme location |
| GS5047 VPA35 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Ny... GS7450 · Rwanda · Likano Project Development GmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 43,148 | 32,815 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 70 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS5043 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 43,129 | 29,828 | Programme location |
| GS1247 VPA 65 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes GS5038 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 42,976 | 37,484 | Programme 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.