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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ouarzazate II Concentrated Solar Power Project VCS2004 · Morocco · Numerco Limited (PP) |
Verra | Solar - Centralized | Active Registered |
Not stated | 894,881 | 151,405 | Country only |
| Recipe for Change Grouped Project VCS2384 · South Africa · Wonderbag UK (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 893,398 | 629,250 | Country only |
| Forest Conservation in Boumba-et-Ngoko VCS2897 · Cameroon · CarbonSinkGroup S.R.L. (PP) |
Verra | Improved Forest Management | Active Registered |
Not stated | 846,136 | 844,330 | Country only |
| Community Carbon Efficient Cooking Programme - Tanzania-1 VCS2676 · Tanzania · Community Carbon (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 840,643 | 271,630 | Country only |
| Soil carbon improvement Project through Grassland Management, in South... VCS2710 · South Africa · WeAct Pty Ltd. (PP) |
Verra | Sustainable Grassland Management | Active Registered |
Not stated | 805,971 | 428,371 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Zambia VCS2340 · Zambia · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 780,281 | 316,392 | Country only |
| DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project in The Gambia VCS4000 · The Gambia · DelAgua Health The Gambia (Voluntary) Limited (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 778,683 | 226,921 | Country only |
| GS10789 GS10790 RVPA-52 Efficient and Clean cooking for Households in... GS12285 · Somalia · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 770,091 | 260,118 | Country only |
| Reforestation of degraded grasslands in Uchindile & Mapanda, Tanzania VCS142 · Tanzania · Green Resources Tanzania Ltd (GRL) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 753,975 | 702,853 | Named place |
| Distribution of Improved Cook Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa-Malawi-CPA-... VCS2711 · Malawi · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 707,458 | 271,262 | Country only |
| GS12144 - TASC Clean Cooking PoA - VPA 7 Cicada Carbon (Zimbabwe) GS12144 · Zimbabwe · THE AFRICAN STOVE COMPANY LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 668,346 | 401,473 | Country only |
| EcoMakala Virunga Reforestation project GS5618 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · CO2logic |
Gold Standard | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 663,322 | 0 | Project location |
| GS VER UpEnergy's Uganda Biomass Cookstove Project GS1044 · Uganda · UpEnergy Group |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 655,905 | 539,644 | Project location |
| DelAgua Public Health Program in Eastern Africa - CER Conversion VCS2400 · Rwanda · Converted From a another GHG program CDM |
Verra | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 650,000 | 496,006 | Country only |
| Nouakchott 30 MW wind power plant VCS1733 · Mauritania · SOMELEC |
Verra | Wind | Active Registered |
Not stated | 638,721 | 486,750 | Country only |
| N2O ABATEMENT PROJECT AT AEL 11_. - CER Conversion VCS2388 · South Africa · Converted From a another GHG program CDM |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 637,391 | 637,291 | Country only |
| Bujagali Hydropower Project - CER Conversion VCS1505 · Uganda · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | Hydropower | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 635,939 | 627,270 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS 005 VCS993 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 625,885 | 623,255 | Country only |
| North Pikounda REDD+ VCS1052 · Republic of the Congo · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | REDD+ | Active Registered |
Not stated | 612,915 | 56,196 | Country only |
| Improved cookstoves for Burundi restaurants VCS2540 · Burundi · OBEN EAC S.A |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 575,239 | 404,783 | Country only |
| Sasol Nitrous Oxide Abatement Project - CER Conversion VCS1512 · South Africa · Credits transferred from approved GHG program |
Verra | N2O Destruction in Nitric Acid Production | Active Units transferred from approved GH... |
Not stated | 551,281 | 551,281 | Country only |
| Improved Cookstove Distribution in Ghana by EKI VCS3801 · Ghana · EKI Energy Services Limited (PP) |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 549,989 | 0 | Country only |
| Livelihoods' mangrove restoration grouped project in Senegalblue carbon VCS1318 · Senegal · Livelihoods Fund SICAV SIF (PP) |
Verra | Wetland Restoration | Active Verification approval requested |
Not stated | 509,816 | 385,167 | Country only |
| TIST Program in Uganda, VCS-CCB 011 VCS2497 · Uganda · Clean Air Action Corporation (PP) |
Verra | Afforestation/Reforestation | Active Registered |
Not stated | 508,539 | 309,440 | Country only |
| Togo household water purifier project GS11972 · Togo · PRIM0CARB0N PTE. LTD. |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 506,009 | 10,000 | 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.