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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darfur Efficient Cook-stove Project GS500 · Sudan · Carbon Clear |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 329,887 | 304,869 | Project location |
| Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project VCS1225 · Kenya · Vi Agroforestry Programme |
Verra | Sustainable Agriculture | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 325,825 | 195,129 | Country only |
| Improved Cookstove Programme - Nigeria - VPA 48 GS11306 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 321,507 | 0 | Country only |
| GS5304 MKOPA Solar Lighting Programme of Activities – Kenya VPA 4 GS5317 · Kenya · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 319,685 | 142,460 | Country only |
| Jbel Sendouq-Khalladi ("Khalladi") wind farm project in Morocco GS5073 · Morocco · ACWA Khalladi |
Gold Standard | Wind | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 316,720 | 5,921 | Project location |
| Large scale grid connected solar PV Project in Toujounine (Nouakchott) VCS1734 · Mauritania · SOMELEC |
Verra | Solar - Centralized | Active Registered |
Not stated | 314,483 | 249,669 | Country only |
| Paradigm Kenya Clean Cookstoves Project VCS1918 · Kenya · Blue Source, LLC (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 308,825 | 260,474 | Country only |
| GS2444 "GS1265" African Biomass Energy Conservation PoA Malawi Biomass... GS2444 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 307,967 | 272,400 | Corrected location |
| Reliance Composting Project in Cape Town VCS1817 · South Africa · Recarbon Ground Trading (Pty) Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Composting | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 307,043 | 306,466 | Country only |
| COMMUNITY BASED AVOIDED DEFORESTATION PROJECT IN GUINEA-BISSAU - REDD VCS2324 · Guinea-Bissau · BioGuinea Foundation (PP) |
Verra | REDD+ | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 302,043 | 141,566 | Country only |
| CPA 4 Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda GS4259 · Rwanda · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 301,346 | 47,600 | Programme location |
| TIST Program in Kenya, VCS 009 VCS996 · Kenya · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 299,772 | 299,772 | Country only |
| Improved cookstove grouped project in Rwanda VCS3654 · Rwanda · B.B. Energy (Asia) Pte Ltd (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 298,801 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1265 - African Biomass Energy Conservation POA - Malawi Biomass Cons... GS1330 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 297,901 | 214,109 | Project location |
| MicroEnergy Credits – Microfinance for Clean Energy Product Lines – Af... VCS2836 · Kenya · MicroEnergy Credits Corp (PP) |
Verra | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 291,570 | 9,058 | Country only |
| Pendjari and W-Benin National Parks REDD+ Project VCS2538 · Benin · African Parks Benin (A Branch of African Parks Net... |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 290,700 | 0 | Named place |
| GS2445 GS1265 African Biomass Energy Conservation PoA Malawi Biomas... GS2445 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 287,525 | 284,689 | Corrected location |
| OYU - Building Sustainable Ugandan Communities VPA10 GS12626 · Uganda · SHRI MAA MARKETING PRIVATE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 278,230 | 41,399 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 07 GS11265 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 274,142 | 123,057 | Country only |
| GS2447 GS1265 African Biomass Energy Conservation PoA Malawi Biomass C... GS2447 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 273,600 | 216,140 | Corrected location |
| Efficient Wood Fuel Stove-Cooking-Sets Lesotho GS913 · Lesotho · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 273,332 | 49,798 | Project location |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 36 GS11294 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 272,996 | 76,905 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 17 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7637 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 272,134 | 175,728 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 18 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7638 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 271,694 | 228,705 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 34 GS11292 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 271,187 | 79,373 | Country only |
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.