We are proud to announce the launch of GAE Connect, our next-generation digital infrastructure platform designed to support the rapidly evolving carbon and environmental markets.

Overview

GAE Connect is a next-generation environmental registry designed to manage the full lifecycle of assets like carbon credits, offsets, and ITMOs with transparency, security, and traceability. In partnership with zaRECs, it is already transforming the Renewable Energy Certificate market by introducing Africa’s first time-stamped RECs, lowering costs, improving accessibility, and ensuring integrity through zaRECs’ oversight.

A Modern Registry for Environmental Markets

We are proud to announce the launch of GAE Connect, a next-generation digital infrastructure platform designed to support the rapidly evolving carbon and environmental markets. GAE Connect is more than a single-use registry - it is a flexible, secure, and transparent platform that can be deployed by governments, standards bodies, and compliance systems to manage the full lifecycle of environmental assets. GAE Connect was developed to integrate seamlessly with existing registries while also serving as a white-label solution for independent standards, compliance markets (such as South Africa’s Carbon Offset Administration System), and government frameworks managing Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs).

At its core, GAE Connect provides the essential functions needed to build trust and integrity in environmental markets:

Issuance: Assets are created and verified under the rules of the relevant standard or authority.
Lifecycle Traceability: Each certificate can record unlimited trades and movements, ensuring transparency and preventing double counting.
Portfolio Management: Participants can view, manage, trade, and retire assets from a single dashboard.
Governance & Security: All transactions are governed by embedded protocols, KYC-verified users, and secure cloud storage with full audit trails.
Integration: GAE Connect can be white-labelled to support compliance schemes, independent standards, and government frameworks such as ITMOs.

Whether for carbon credits, offsets, renewable attributes, or other emerging instruments, GAE Connect has been designed as the infrastructure backbone for digital environmental markets.

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Core Features — What It Is and How It Works with zaRECS

Through our strategic partnership with zaRECs, GAE Connect has pioneered the first time-stamped Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in Africa, supported by governance protocols that safeguard market integrity.

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Time-Stamped RECs

What it is: Each REC carries an hourly timestamp, showing exactly when renewable electricity was generated.
Why it works: This enables companies to align renewable purchases with real-time consumption, providing stronger, verifiable ESG reporting and reducing the risk of greenwashing.

Lifecycle Traceability

What it is: A single REC can track unlimited trades throughout its lifecycle.
Why it works: Full visibility ensures no double counting, every transaction is logged, and buyers know precisely where their REC originated.

Lower Costs & Better Administration

What it is: Leaner fees and a modern admin console.
Why it works: Makes participation accessible for smaller projects, reduces admin time, and lowers the barriers to entry in Africa’s environmental markets.

Integrated Trading

What it is: Certificates can be issued and directly traded on the Green Asset Exchange.
Why it works: This creates liquidity, shortens the time between issuance and settlement, and simplifies market participation for both buyers and sellers.

Data Security & Governance

What it is: All certificates are issued by zaRECs and stored in a secure cloud environment with GDPR-compliant privacy protocols. Every redemption is verified and approved by zaRECs.
Why it works: Ensures that an independent standard plays a critical role in safeguarding market integrity and that every REC carries credibility and trust.

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A Bridge Between Local and Global Markets

GAE Connect has been designed not just for today’s REC transactions, but to support broader environmental infrastructure needs:

Governments can manage compliance systems and ITMOs.
Independent standards can operate registries without building their own digital layer.
Buyers and sellers gain transparent, auditable, and trade-ready assets that integrate with the Green Asset Exchange marketplace.

GAE Connect is setting a new benchmark for environmental markets in Africa - combining trusted governance with modern technology to make REC trading faster, more transparent, and more accessible.

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GAE Connect: Environmental Attribute Infrastructure