Droit-Afrique.com

Droit-Afrique.com is a French publishing house and consulting firm dedicated to the law of Francophone African countries. It operates two complementary activities: a legal publishing business that produces tax codes, customs codes, consolidated legislation and official journals for African states, and an advisory practice that assists African governments in drafting and modernising their tax, public finance and customs legislation. On the publishing side, Droit-Afrique offers free access to a documentary collection of more than 2,000 legal texts covering 24 countries: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, the DRC, the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Senegal, Chad, Togo and Tunisia. It publishes the tax codes of 24 countries, a complete edition of Algerian law in 24 volumes, and books on OHADA law and customs law. In several countries — Gabon, Comoros, Djibouti, Burkina Faso and Mauritania among them — Droit-Afrique edits and publishes the official version of the tax code on behalf of the tax administrations. In 2020–2021 it was to publish the new Customs Code and the new customs tariff on behalf of CEMAC. Its consulting arm manages a network of 17 partner firms and 150 legal consultants, mainly in taxation, public finance and customs. Droit-Afrique has assisted governments in overhauling and modernising the tax codes of Djibouti (2008–2009), Comoros (2009–2010), the Republic of the Congo (2011–2012 and again 2017–2019), Burkina Faso (2017–2018), Mauritania (2018–2019) and Mali (2018–2020), as well as the tax procedures of the Central African Republic (2017). In 2020 it was assisting the Ministry of Finance of Equatorial Guinea in modernising and overhauling the General Tax Code. The company has also undertaken large digitisation projects. In 2012–2013 it collected, edited and published the full documentation of the financial institutions of Congo: customs, the General Inspectorate of Finance, the General State Inspectorate and the Court of Accounts. In 2015–2016 it digitised and put online the official journals of Mali and then published a first complete edition of Malian law in 30 volumes of consolidated texts. Since 2018 similar projects have been launched in Congo, Burkina Faso and Guinea. With a documentary base of more than 150,000 legislative and regulatory texts on sub-Saharan Africa, Droit-Afrique partnered with Lexbase, a company specialising in case-law processing. In January 2019 the site Lexbase-Afrique was launched, a legal platform for Francophone Africa aiming to digitise all African official journals and case law and to offer an exhaustive collection accessible through a search engine incorporating artificial intelligence.

Droit-Afrique.com is a French publishing house specialising in the law of Francophone African countries, as well as a firm providing assistance and advice to African governments. Its publishing activity centres on a free documentary collection of more than 2,000 legal texts covering 24 countries: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, the DRC, the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Senegal, Chad, Togo and Tunisia. It also publishes the tax codes of 24 countries, a complete edition of Algerian law in 24 volumes, and books on OHADA law and customs law. In certain countries — Gabon, Comoros, Djibouti, Burkina Faso and Mauritania among them — Droit-Afrique edits and publishes the official version of the tax code on behalf of the tax administrations. In 2020–2021 it was to publish the new Customs Code and the new customs tariff on behalf of CEMAC. In 2012–2013 Droit-Afrique collected, edited and published the entire documentation of the financial institutions of Congo: customs, the General Inspectorate of Finance, the General State Inspectorate and the Court of Accounts. In 2015–2016 the company handled the digitisation and online publication of the official journals of Mali, followed by the publication of a first complete edition of Malian law in 30 volumes of consolidated texts. Since 2018 similar projects have been launched in Congo, Burkina Faso and Guinea. With a documentary base of more than 150,000 legislative and regulatory texts on sub-Saharan Africa, Droit-Afrique moved closer to Lexbase, a company specialising in the processing of case law. In January 2019 the site Lexbase-Afrique was launched, a legal platform on Francophone Africa that aims to digitise all African official journals and case law in order to offer an exhaustive collection accessible via a search engine incorporating artificial intelligence. On the consulting side, Droit-Afrique manages a network of 17 partner firms and 150 legal consultants, mainly in the fields of taxation, public finance and customs. In this capacity it has assisted governments in overhauling and modernising the tax codes of Djibouti (2008–2009), Comoros (2009–2010), the Republic of the Congo (2011–2012 and again 2017–2019), Burkina Faso (2017–2018), Mauritania (2018–2019) and Mali (2018–2020), as well as the overhaul of the tax procedures of the Central African Republic (2017). In 2020 Droit-Afrique was assisting the Ministry of Finance of Equatorial Guinea in the modernisation and overhaul of the General Tax Code.

• 2020

  Assisted the Ministry of Finance of Equatorial Guinea in modernising and overhauling the General Tax Code; scheduled to publish the new CEMAC Customs Code and customs tariff (2020–2021).

• 2019

  In January, launched Lexbase-Afrique, a legal platform for Francophone Africa.

• 2018

  Launched similar digitisation projects in Congo, Burkina Faso and Guinea; assisted Mali in overhauling its tax code (2018–2020).

• 2017

  Assisted Burkina Faso (2017–2018) and Mauritania (2018–2019) in overhauling their tax codes; assisted the Central African Republic in overhauling its tax procedures.

• 2015

  Digitised and put online the official journals of Mali, then published a first complete edition of Malian law in 30 volumes (2015–2016).

• 2012

  Collected, edited and published the full documentation of the financial institutions of Congo (2012–2013).

• 2011

  Assisted the Republic of the Congo in overhauling and modernising its tax code (2011–2012).

• 2009

  Assisted Comoros in overhauling and modernising its tax code (2009–2010).

• 2008

  Assisted Djibouti in overhauling and modernising its tax code (2008–2009).

Specialist legal publisher and government advisory firm for Francophone Africa, combining free access to legal texts with paid consulting and digitisation services.

• Free legal documentary database

  More than 2,000 legal texts covering 24 Francophone African countries.

• Tax code editions

  Publishes the tax codes of 24 countries, including official versions for several tax administrations.

• Complete edition of Algerian law

  A 24-volume integral of Algerian law.

• OHADA and customs law books

  Books relating to OHADA law and customs law.

• Lexbase-Afrique

  Legal platform launched in January 2019 aiming to digitise all African official journals and case law with an AI-powered search engine.

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