Saturday, December 5, 2020

Africa Investment Climate

Africa Investment Climate


Index


1 Background documentation

2 Investment guides

3 Trade Africa-EU

4 Relevant Laws (Commerce, Trade, Business, Land,




1 Background documentation


World Bank


World Bank Annual Report "Doing Business" (the whole world)

https://www.doingbusiness.org/en/reports/global-reports/doing-business-2020



Specific info about Sub-Saharan Africa

https://www.doingbusiness.org/content/dam/doingBusiness/pdf/db2020/DB20-FS-SSA.pdf




United Nations Trade Stats


https://comtrade.un.org/




Official statistical bureaus


Panafrican


The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): https://www.comesa.int/




By Country


Benin: https://insae.bj

Burkina Faso: www.douanes.bf/sydoniabf/index.jsf

Burundi: https://www.obr.bi/index.php/en/

Congo: www.cnsee.org

Djibouti: www.ins.ci/n/

Eswatini: www.sra.org.sz

The Gambia: www.motie.gov.gm

Ghana: https://statsghana.gov.gh

Guinea: dgd.gov.gn

Guinea Bissau: www.stat-guinebissau.com

Kenya: https://www.knbs.or.ke

Lesotho: http://www.bos.gov.ls/

Liberia: http://www.moci.gov.lr/

Madagascar: http://www.mefb.gov.mg/

Malawi: http://www.nsomalawi.mw/

Mauritania: http://www.ons.mr/

Morocco: https://www.oc.gov.ma/

Mozambique: http://www.ine.gov.mz/

Namibia: https://nsa.org.na/

Nigeria: https://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/

Sierra Leone: https://www.statistics.sl/

South Africa: https://www.sars.gov.za/Pages/default.aspx

Tanzania: https://www.nbs.go.tz/index.php/en/

Uganda: https://www.ubos.org/

Zambia: https://www.zamstats.gov.zm/

Zimbabwe: http://www.zimstat.co.zw/











2 Investment guides


2.1 Angola


Investment Guide in Portuguese: https://www.missionangola.ch/telechargements/guia_investimento_angola_isnow.pdf



Information for Angola: Angola Mission in UN and EU

https://www.missionangola.ch



3 Trade Africa-EU


Most African trade is directed to European countries. Some charts, source is the European Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/international-trade-in-goods/data/database



4 Relevant Laws (Commerce, Trade, Business, Land, Labor)


Source: The World Bank.


Information by country. It is only useful to know the climate in the country of interest, but the information is low-quality and incomplete.


In some places at war, like Libya, the former regime didn’t leave in place a legal corpus from which to build. Other places, like Ethiopia, are just now learning how to integrate in a rule-of-law paradigm (at least in form, we don’t know how this will play in the future).


Other places have no applicable laws even in areas in which the modern Eurocentric “colonialist” (so to speak) viewpoint focuses on. An example is a set of environmental laws and regulations, that are still lacking in lots of countries.


Purging, cleaning, filling gaps in these data is a task that will need a review with the embassies and Commerce/Trade Departments in the capital cities of these countries.



Algeria

Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws


Angola


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

  • Presidential Decree 64/11, 18th of April

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Benin


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Botswana


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

  • Insolvency Act [CAP 42:02]

  • Companies Act [CAP 42:01]

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws


Burkina Faso


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws


Burundi


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Cabo Verde


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws

Insolvency Law


Cameroon


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Central African Republic


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

  • **Ordonnance 73/093 fixant les modalités de compression du personnel des services ou organismes publics et para-publics et les entreprises privées de la République Centrafricaine

  • **Ordonnance 73/095 réglementant le recrutement de la main-d'oeuvre en République Centrafricaine

  • **Convention collective nationale du commerce de la République Centrafricaine

  • Code du travail (extraits)

  • Code Du Travail (Extraits)

  • **Convention Collective Nationale Du Commerce De La République Centrafricaine

  • **Ordonnance 73/093 Fixant Les Modalités De Compression Du Personnel Des Services Ou Organismes Publics Et Para-Publics Et Les Entreprises Privées De La République Centrafricaine

  • **Ordonnance 73/095 Réglementant Le Recrutement De La Main-D'Oeuvre En République Centrafricaine

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Chad


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws



Comoros


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Congo, Dem. Rep.


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

  • **Ministerial Decree No. 013/CAB/MIN.URB-HAB/2005 of 6 May 2005 modifies Decree CAB/CE/URB/012/88 of 22 October 1988 that regulates the issuance of the building licence.

Securities Laws

Tax Laws




Congo, Rep.


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Côte d'Ivoire

Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Djibouti

Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws


Egypt, Arab Rep.


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Equatorial Guinea

Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

  • **Ordenamiento General del Trabajo

  • **Ordenamiento General Del Trabajo

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Eritrea


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Eswatini


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws




Ethiopia


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

  • Ethiopian Commercial Code, 1960 amended by Proclamation No. 6/1991

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Gabon


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Acte Uniforme OHADA du 17 avril 1997 relatif au droit des sociétés commerciales et du groupement d'intérêt économique

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Gambia, The


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

  • Companies Bill, 2013 

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

  • **Injuries Compensation Act

  • **Labour Act

  • **Injuries Compensation Act

  • **Labour Act

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

  • The Security Interest in Movable Assets Act


Ghana

Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Guinea


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws




Guinea-Bissau


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

  • **Lei Geral do Trabalho

  • **Lei Geral Do Trabalho

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Trade and Customs Laws

Insolvency Law

Administrative Laws

Alternative Dispute Resolution Laws

Environmental Laws



Kenya


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws



Lesotho


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Liberia


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws

Insolvency Law




Libya

There is a big hole here.


Commercial and Company Laws



Madagascar


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Malawi


Banking and Credit Laws

  • Credit Reference Bureau (Amendment) Act, 2015

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

  • Commercial Credits Act (Caps 48:06)

  • Hire Purchase Act

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws

Insolvency Law



Mali

Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Mauritania


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Mauritius


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws



Morocco

Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws




Mozambique

Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Namibia


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

  • Insolvency Act of 1936

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Niger


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Nigeria


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws




Rwanda


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

maternity benefits

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

  • N° 11/2009 of 14/05/2009

  • Nº31/2013 of 24/05/2013




Senegal


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws

Securities Laws

Tax Laws

Trade and Customs Laws



Sierra Leone


Banking and Credit Laws

Bankruptcy and Collateral Laws

Commercial and Company Laws

Labor Laws

Land and Building Laws