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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment of Electric Buses in Kenya GS12146 · Kenya · BASIGO LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Electric Vehicles & Charging | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 642 | 404 | Country only |
| Beyond Biomass: UpEnergy Electric Cooking-VPA 1 GS11579 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 637 | 0 | Country only |
| Improved Cook Stove Project 1, Nkhata Bay District, Malawi - CER Conve... VCS3937 · Malawi · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 500 | 72 | Country only |
| Jatropha Agroforestry Senegal VCS1071 · Senegal · African National Oil Corporation s.a.r.l. |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 480 | 480 | Country only |
| Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda CPA 0010 GS6272 · Rwanda · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 378 | 59 | Programme location |
| Madagascar Improved Cook Stove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-008 - CER Con... VCS4979 · Madagascar · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 373 | 0 | Country only |
| Biomass Briquettes in Tea Factories: Chebut Tombe Boito Itumbe Kapkoro... GS12188 · Kenya · TAMU DMCC |
Gold Standard | Biomass | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 357 | 0 | Country only |
| Madagascar Improved Cook Stove Project by KCM-Wood#CPA-W-009 - CER Con... VCS4976 · Madagascar · Converted from other GHG program (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 331 | 0 | Country only |
| Kijani Forestry smallholder farmer forestry project VCS4475 · Uganda · Kijani Forestry PBC (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 259 | 0 | Country only |
| *SolarAid Microsolar Lanterns Project for Malawi GS393 · Malawi · Unknown Project Developer |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
local communities | 35 | 35 | Project location |
| A-Gas International 1 ACR0740 · South Africa · A-Gas US Inc. |
ACR | Ozone Depleting Substances Recovery & Destruction | In the pipeline Active: Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Ghana ART0106 · Ghana · Forestry Commission of Ghana |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| DRC Province of Tshuapa ART0112 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development a... |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Gabon ART0114 · Gabon · Conseil National Climat (CNC - National Climate Co... |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Ethiopia ART0116 · Ethiopia · Ethiopian Forestry Development |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Uganda ART0118 · Uganda · Ministry of Water and Environment |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Burkina Faso REDD+ Program ART0121 · Burkina Faso · Permanent Secretariat for REDD+ |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Central African Republic REDD+ Program ART0132 · Central African Republic · Central African Republic National Fund for Climate... |
ART | Jurisdictional REDD+ | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Lake Turkana 310MW Wind Power Project GS725 · Kenya · Lake Turkana Wind Power |
Gold Standard | Wind | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| GS834 Improved Cooking Stoves for Nigeria Programme of Activities GS834 · Nigeria · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Solar Lighting in Rural Areas PoA GS911 · Ethiopia · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Kakuma Sustainable Energy Solutions GS924 · Kenya · Access 2 Carbon Markets/ e)mission |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS936 Clean Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa by ClimateCare Limited GS936 · Uganda · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
Not stated | 0 | 0 | Project location |
| Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa (ICSEA) PoA GS973 · Uganda · Uganda Carbon Bureau |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
women | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Iganga Improved Cook Stoves GS979 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | In the pipeline Listed |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | 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.