10 steps to incorporating in Niger in 2021

Healy Consultants’ local agent will complete all Niger company incorporation procedures, including corporate bank account opening, without our Client having to travel. Standard procedures include:

Pre-incorporation

1. Our Client i) settles Healy Consultants’ invoice ii) signs and returns the engagement letter and iii) provides us all required due diligence documents;
2. Healy Consultants Group drafts a detailed Niger company setup engagement project plan, mapping out, week by week, each step to engagement completion;
3. Healy Consultants Group assists our Client to decide on i) proposed company name ii) optimum corporate structure and iii) share capital;

Incorporation steps

1. Our Incorporation Team reserves the preferred company name with the Business Formalities Center (CFE);
2. We deposit the proposed paid-up share capital in a local corporate bank account or with a Public Notary, and obtains a receipt;
3. Our Niger team obtains, prepares and notarises the company’s by-laws and presents the documents for registration with CFE;
4. Healy Consultants Group registers the company statutes with the Niger Commercial Registry at the Greffe du Tribunal (RCCM) office at CFE, and obtains a certificate of registration;

Post-Incorporation steps

1. Our team publishes the company formation notice on CFE website or the Official Journal within 15 days of company registration;
2. Healy Consultants registers the company with i) the tax authority and obtains a tax identification number (NIF) ii) the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) and iii) the employment agency (ANPE);
3. Following engagement completion, Healy Consultants Group couriers a full company kit to our Client, including original documents, unopened bank correspondence and a Client feedback survey.