What Iroko Analytics does

Iroko Analytics is a privately held, venture-backed project developer that builds and operates high-integrity Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) carbon projects in sub-Saharan Africa, primarily across the Congo Basin and East Africa. The company treats ARR project development as standardized, auditable infrastructure rather than artisanal conservation work, using data-driven site selection — combining satellite imagery, machine learning, and field data — to score candidate sites on legality, security, ecological potential, and community readiness. Its current footprint is anchored by the 14,000-hectare Iroko Restoration Project in the Ndélélé and Bétaré-Oya Communal Forests of Cameroon (15 million trees, 5 million credits over project life, Terraformation as project proponent, CTFC as local implementation partner), with a 40,000-hectare Cameroon replication pipeline and a 20,000-hectare Kenya Afromontane pipeline announced for 2026 and a stated 2035 mission of restoring 1 million hectares and offsetting 10 million tCO₂ per year.

The company's technology stack is a satellite-imagery- and ML-powered Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) platform that supports continuous, transparent reporting across each project's lifecycle, with named AI capabilities in computer vision, anomaly detection, predictive analytics for site selection, and process automation. Senior AI leadership includes CFO/CTO Jérôme Burnod, Head of Artificial Intelligence at Crédit Agricole Assurances (with prior roles at Crédit Agricole, KPMG, HSBC), and CTO Misha Lepetic, who has built AI platforms for public and private sectors since 2002.

Iroko Analytics generates revenue through carbon-credit sales (transaction-fee model: up to 80% of credits are allocated to local partners and communities, with the residual share retained by Iroko as project developer) and through project-finance and milestone-based capital raises from project financiers seeking de-risked, repeatable ARR pipelines. The go-to-market is relationship-led enterprise sales targeting four buyer groups: governments (for climate-target delivery), local communities (performance-based revenues from forest stewardship), corporate/ESG carbon buyers (high-integrity removal credits for net-zero and CSR programs), and project financiers (standardized diligence packs and milestone-based spend). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and appears negotiated deal-by-deal. Backers include Techstars (Paris '22, $120,000) and Holocene. The company was founded/operationalized in 2022, is headquartered in Dover, Delaware (US) with operations in Cameroon, Kenya, and a stated Congo Basin priority footprint spanning DRC, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo.

Name

Iroko Analytics

Legal name

Iroko Analytics

Website

https://irokoanalytics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Iroko Analytics is a private, venture-backed project developer that builds standardized, satellite-and-ML-monitored ARR carbon projects across sub-Saharan Africa, currently anchored by a 14,000-hectare flagship in Cameroon and a 60,000-hectare 2026 pipeline in Cameroon and Kenya, serving governments, communities, corporate carbon buyers, and project financiers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Credit Project Development

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Afforestation, Reforestation & Revegetation (ARR) (EUABABAA)

Keywords

• Reforestation project development
• Carbon credit generation
• Forest monitoring platform
• ARR project development
• Voluntary carbon market

Headquarters

HQ city

Dover

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Carbon credit sales: Generation and sale of high-integrity Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) carbon removal credits via project such as the Iroko Restoration Project in Cameroon (5 million credits over project life). Up to 80% of credits are allocated to local partners and communities, with the remaining share captured by Iroko as project developer.
2. Project finance and milestone-based capital raises: Access to a de-risked, repeatable ARR pipeline with milestone-based spend for project financiers; standardized diligence pack and clear reporting. Capital flows to project development in tranches tied to project milestones.
3. ESG and CSR corporate carbon offset sales: Sale of high-quality carbon compensation and biodiversity-valuation projects in African tropical forests financed via ESG funds and from companies committed to net-zero (via Corporate Social Responsibility programs).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Iroko Analytics develops high-integrity Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) carbon projects in sub-Saharan Africa, co-developed with local partners and public counterparts. It combines site selection, project structuring, and a satellite-imagery and machine-learning Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) platform to deliver auditable, high-integrity carbon removal credits to governments, local communities, carbon buyers, and project financiers. Up to 80% of generated credits are allocated to local partners and communities, with the remaining share captured by Iroko as project developer.

Product overview

Iroko Analytics offers a single integrated offering rather than a separately licensed suite: a mission-driven, bankable ARR (Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation) project developer that combines its core ARR Project Development Service with a satellite-imagery- and ML-powered Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Platform, and is anchored by the named flagship Iroko Restoration Project, Cameroon, plus a forward pipeline in Cameroon and Kenya. The MRV Platform supplies the continuous, transparent evidence layer that makes the ARR Project Development Service auditable from day one, while the Cameroon project is the concrete deployed instance of that platform-and-service stack.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ARR Project Development Service End-to-end development of high-integrity Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) carbon projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Iroko Analytics selects sites using data-driven scoring for legality, security, ecological potential, and community readiness, co-develops projects with local partners and public counterparts, and allocates up to 80% of generated carbon credits to local partners and communities. The service is sold to governments, local communities, carbon buyers, and project financiers.
• Iroko Restoration Project, Cameroon 14,000-hectare mixed native forest restoration and agroforestry project in Cameroon's Ndélélé and Bétaré-Oya Communal Forests, implemented with Terraformation as project proponent and CTFC as local implementation partner. Targeted at 15 million trees and 5 million carbon credits over project life, with more than 80% of the area restored using 28 native species, over 1,000 jobs created, and 7.5% of carbon credit profits directed to women's associations.
• Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Platform Satellite-imagery- and machine-learning-powered monitoring platform ("plateforme de suivi") that enables clients and investors to independently and in real time track reforestation outcomes, carbon performance, and biodiversity indicators across the lifetime of each Iroko Analytics ARR project, supporting the integrity of issued carbon credits and providing continuous, transparent monitoring evidence.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mission: restore 1 million hectares of Africa's native forests by 2035, offsetting 10 million tCO₂ per year
• +6 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• TerraformationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTerraformation is the Project Proponent for the flagship 14,000-hectare Iroko Restoration Project in the Ndélélé and Bétaré-Oya Communal Forests in Cameroon (Verra VM0047 and CCB v3.1 submission scheduled November 2025).
• CTFC (Communal Forest Cameroon)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCTFC is the local implementation partner for the Cameroon Restoration Project, with a track record of classifying 2,000,000 ha and restoring 20,000 ha of forests, providing on-the-ground execution capacity.
• SAILD (Service d'Appui aux Initiatives Locales de Développement)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSAILD was engaged as an NGO partner for site identification during early pilot development in southeast Cameroon (per French-language site), with project development planned from Q1 2023.
• Those Guys StudiominorOthersThose Guys Studio is credited as the designer of the Iroko Analytics website (English and French versions), indicating a vendor relationship for design services.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Strengths3 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iroko-analytics

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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