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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 22 GS11922 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 83,687 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 85 GS12401 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 83,647 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 79 GS12395 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 83,494 | 0 | Country only |
| Komaza Smallholder Farmer Forestry Kenya VCS2623 · Kenya · Komaza Group Inc. (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 83,335 | 8,433 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 20 GS11920 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 83,288 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 86 GS12402 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 83,254 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 80 GS12396 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 83,009 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 90 GS12406 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 82,915 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 88 GS12404 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 82,813 | 0 | Country only |
| GS1264: Native Clean Water Programme West Africa: VPA(01) Ghana GS1294 · Ghana · NATIVE A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 82,758 | 3,450 | Corrected location |
| GS5304 MKOPA Solar Lighting Programme of Activities - Uganda VPA 2 GS5315 · Uganda · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 82,368 | 48,849 | Country only |
| Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda CPA 0008 GS6264 · Rwanda · atmosfair gGmbH |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 82,278 | 0 | Programme location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 83 GS12399 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 81,555 | 0 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-3 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12052 · Uganda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 81,096 | 4,106 | Country only |
| Top Third Ventures Stove Programme CPA KE0007 – BURN Efficient Cooksto... GS11613 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 80,929 | 49,663 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 36 Zambian Central Province Safe Water GS7691 · Zambia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 80,750 | 53,001 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 82 GS12398 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 80,608 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 84 GS12400 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 80,564 | 0 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 003 VCS827 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 80,538 | 80,538 | Country only |
| GS5304 MKOPA Solar Lighting Programme of Activities - Kenya VPA 5 by N... GS7731 · Kenya · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 80,518 | 24,041 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 91 GS12407 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 80,272 | 0 | Country only |
| Ishasha 6.6 MW Small Hydropower Project VCS1286 · Uganda · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Hydropower | Active Registered |
Not stated | 80,138 | 71,624 | Country only |
| CPA 056 - Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11879 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 79,511 | 30,230 | Country only |
| GS2404 International Water Purification Programme - CPA 2 Chlorine dis... GS2735 · Uganda · Swiss Carbon Assets Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 79,219 | 0 | Project location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 87 GS12403 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 78,798 | 0 | 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.