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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Kenya - VPA006 GS5801 · Kenya · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 78,495 | 61,858 | Project location |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 81 GS12397 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 78,197 | 0 | Country only |
| Native Hydraid Water Filtration in Kenya GS1124 · Kenya · NATIVE A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 77,598 | 8,838 | Project location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 16 GS11916 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 77,389 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 47 GS11305 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 77,208 | 14,363 | Country only |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 19 GS11919 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 76,990 | 0 | Country only |
| WADI - Innovation for Safe Water and Climate in Uganda GS10738 · Uganda · myclimate Foundation |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +2 | 76,849 | 65,684 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 92 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa & Kasu... GS5330 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 76,650 | 60,589 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 28 Improved Kitchen regimes: Improved stove in Zoba Anseba... GS3262 · Eritrea · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 76,365 | 68,748 | Project location |
| GS7591 VPA 31 Central Mozambique Safe Water Programme GS7651 · Mozambique · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 76,211 | 34,855 | Country only |
| Energy efficiency improvement project leading to multiple sustainable... GS6831 · Uganda · Pacific Engineering Services Limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 76,182 | 3,749 | Country only |
| GS11638 GS11639 RVPA-1 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS... GS12308 · Rwanda · AGS Carbon Advisory |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 76,016 | 0 | Country only |
| Uplifting communities through clean energy in the DRC - VPA 1 GS12470 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · EcoNetix GmbH |
Gold Standard | Solar Lighting | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 75,981 | 5,770 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 93 GS12409 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 75,960 | 18,000 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 93 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa & Kasu... GS5331 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 75,827 | 62,808 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 2 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kole District Borehole Project... GS1359 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 75,765 | 71,708 | Project location |
| GS1247 VPA 91 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa & Kasu... GS5329 · Malawi · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households +1 | 75,054 | 56,975 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 94 GS12410 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 74,993 | 175 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Nigeria - VPA 95 GS12411 · Nigeria · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 74,981 | 0 | Country only |
| Kodeni Solar GS10793 · Burkina Faso · AERA Group |
Gold Standard | Solar - Centralized | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
Not stated | 74,836 | 0 | Country only |
| Oualidia 1&2 Wind Projects. VCS1989 · Morocco · AERA Group (PP) |
Verra | Wind | Active Registered |
Not stated | 74,475 | 50,000 | Country only |
| GS1247 VPA 3 Otuke District Borehole Project GS2479 · Uganda · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 74,453 | 71,251 | Project location |
| GS11677 GS11902 Malawi Biomass Energy Conservation Programme CPA 15 GS11915 · Malawi · Hestian Innovation |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 73,891 | 621 | Country only |
| Installation of high efficiency wood burning cookstoves in Malawi – Pr... VCS2886 · Malawi · Bridge Carbon Africa Stoves Development Private Li... |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 73,560 | 12,356 | Country only |
| Anaerobic digestion and heat generation at Sugar Corporation of Uganda... VCS1393 · Uganda · Multiple Project Proponents |
Verra | Methane Recovery in Wastewater | Active Registered |
Not stated | 73,257 | 40,022 | 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.