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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 31 GS11289 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 233,848 | 75,317 | Country only |
| GS 10959 VPA01 Safe Water Project in Rwanda I GS11098 · Rwanda · Iceberg Environment Pte. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 233,491 | 21,569 | Country only |
| Shimba Hills Improved Cook Stoves GS824 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 233,416 | 218,981 | Project location |
| CPA-KE-012-Kenya Samsung Project GS11693 · Kenya · GREEN DEVELOPMENT AS |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 232,935 | 0 | Country only |
| Benban Solar PV Project (Plot 43_4) VCS2007 · Egypt · Acwa Ben Ban one for Energy (PP) |
Verra | Solar - Centralized | Active Registered |
Not stated | 232,304 | 79,142 | Country only |
| Benban Solar PV Project (Plot 3_1) VCS2003 · Egypt · Alcom Energy (PP) |
Verra | Solar - Centralized | Active Registered |
Not stated | 232,275 | 42,185 | Country only |
| GS1385 Man and Man Enterprise Improved Cooking Stoves Programme in Gha... GS12233 · Ghana · Man and Man Enterprise |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 229,019 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 16 GS11274 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 228,221 | 94,513 | Country only |
| GS10959 VPA03 Safe Water Project in Rwanda III GS11134 · Rwanda · Iceberg Environment Pte. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 228,066 | 6,867 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 14 GS11272 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 227,991 | 135,478 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 02 GS11260 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 227,774 | 143,671 | Country only |
| GS10959 VPA04 Safe Water Project in Rwanda IV GS11135 · Rwanda · Iceberg Environment Pte. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 227,702 | 55,874 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 09 GS11267 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 227,198 | 82,556 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 24 GS11282 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 225,834 | 96,720 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 32 Zambian Central Province Safe Water GS7687 · Zambia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 225,830 | 164,016 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 23 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7643 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 225,602 | 148,504 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 03 GS11261 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 225,317 | 145,759 | Country only |
| GS7591 VPA 37 Zambia Western Province Safe Water Project GS11010 · Zambia · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 224,481 | 146,530 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 23 GS11281 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 224,388 | 71,728 | Country only |
| Grid-connected Solar PV project in Méouane GS4799 · Senegal · AERA Group |
Gold Standard | Solar - Centralized | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 224,058 | 72,513 | Project location |
| GS10959 VPA02 Safe Water Project in Rwanda II GS11133 · Rwanda · Iceberg Environment Pte. Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 223,831 | 56,451 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 25 GS11283 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 223,476 | 106,182 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 11 GS11269 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 223,038 | 69,251 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 01 GS11259 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 221,788 | 152,151 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria – VPA 27 GS11285 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 220,552 | 103,596 | 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.