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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS11551 - TASC Clean Cooking PoA – VPA 2 Cicada Carbon (Zimbabwe) GS11551 · Zimbabwe · THE AFRICAN STOVE COMPANY LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 2,084,038 | 1,281,304 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Zimbabwe VCS2341 · Zimbabwe · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 1,249,487 | 456,748 | 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 |
| Southern Africa Clean Cookstove Initiative (SACCI) PoA: VPA01 in Zimba... GS12875 · Zimbabwe · AITHER IMPACT INC. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 420,504 | 420,504 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Zimbabwe -... VCS2890 · Zimbabwe · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 197,050 | 100,505 | Country only |
| GS10875 Namene Solar Lights Distribution Programme in Southern African... GS11343 · Zimbabwe · NAMENE CLIMATE INVESTMENT VEHICLE LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households +1 | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| GS10875 GS 11343 Namene Solar Lights Distribution Programme in Souther... GS12024 · Zimbabwe · Namene Solar Lights Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Certified design Gold Standard Certified Design |
households | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| Great Zimbabwe Hydro - 5MW GS13081 · Zimbabwe · Headwest Enterprises Private Limited |
Gold Standard | Hydropower | In the pipeline Listed |
smallholder or rural f... | 0 | 0 | Country only |
| AMANZI MOTO - IMPROVED COOKSTOVES DISSEMINATION PROGRAMME IN ZIMBABWE VCS3289 · Zimbabwe · Aither Group SA |
Verra | Bundled Energy Efficiency | Withdrawn or inactive Withdrawn |
Not stated | 0 | 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.