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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 42 GS11300 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 266,273 | 55,058 | Country only |
| GS10884 - KOKO Kenya - Ethanol Cookstoves Program - CPA-0001 GS10885 · Kenya · KOKO Network limited |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 263,951 | 84 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 38 GS11296 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 261,259 | 105,497 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 39 GS11297 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 259,839 | 54,551 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 35 GS11293 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 258,699 | 68,883 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 33 GS11291 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 252,574 | 101,915 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 40 GS11298 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 250,225 | 121,217 | Country only |
| MicroEnergy Credits – Microfinance for Solar Lamps in Kenya VCS3767 · Kenya · MicroEnergy Credits Corp (PP) |
Verra | Solar Lighting | Active Registered |
Not stated | 248,552 | 0 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 41 GS11299 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 248,078 | 57,706 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 32 GS11290 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 247,974 | 72,675 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 44 GS11302 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 244,899 | 54,633 | Country only |
| OLKARIA III PHASE 2 GEOTHERMAL EXPANSION PROJECT IN KENYA VCS881 · Kenya · JPMorgan Ventures Energy Corportaion |
Verra | Geothermal | Withdrawn or inactive Late to Verify |
Not stated | 244,798 | 244,798 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 43 GS11301 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 243,467 | 49,735 | Country only |
| Aqua Clara Water Filtration Program in Kenya GS1078 · Kenya · Climate Impact Partners Limited |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 242,718 | 242,216 | Project location |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 45 GS11303 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 238,887 | 80,289 | Country only |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| GS7591 VPA 1 Western Kenya Borehole Rehabilitation Project GS7557 · Kenya · CO2balance UK ltd |
Gold Standard | Community Boreholes | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 220,358 | 114,230 | Country only |
| African Biogas Carbon Programme (ABC) - Kenya - VPA001 GS2750 · Kenya · AFRICA BIOENERGY PROGRAMS LIMITED |
Gold Standard | Biodigesters | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 206,538 | 131,398 | Project location |
| D.Light's Improved Cooking Project In Kenya VCS4223 · Kenya · d.light design, Ltd |
Verra | Cookstoves | Active Registered |
Not stated | 174,875 | 121,380 | Country only |
| GS10789 GS10791 RVPA-4: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in... GS11432 · Kenya · ECOA Climate Capital |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 173,154 | 169,994 | Country only |
| GS10789 GS10791 RVPA-22: Efficient and Clean Cooking for households i... GS12350 · Kenya · Global Cookstoves Ltd. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 163,165 | 24,205 | Country only |
| Solar Water Pump Project in Kenya VCS2989 · Kenya · SunCulture Kenya Ltd |
Verra | Improved Irrigation Management | Active Registered |
Not stated | 157,403 | 66,094 | Country only |
| Safe Water Programme – Kenya - VPA 54 GS12256 · Kenya · Impact Carbon |
Gold Standard | Clean Water | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
schools | 146,113 | 48,278 | Country only |
| CPA 053 – Charcoal Stoves in Kenya GS11198 · Kenya · BioLite Inc. |
Gold Standard | Cookstoves | Active Gold Standard Certified Project |
households | 134,745 | 67,195 | 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.