Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Africa |
| ISO 3166-1 | DJ / DJI |
| Registry | ODPIC |
| Last updated | 2026-05-06 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Djibouti and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | NIF | DGI |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | Numéro RCS | ODPIC |
Sector regulators
BCD
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Quota-based limited-liability company with one or more associés; managed by a gérant; minimum capital 1,000,000 DJF. The standard SME vehicle. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Société Anonyme | SA | Share-capital company with a board of directors; may issue shares to raise equity; AML law requires all shares to be registered. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Simplified share-capital company with flexible bylaws; no mandatory minimum capital; single shareholder permitted. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership in which all partners are jointly and unlimitedly liable for company debts; all partners have the status of commerçant. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership. |
| Groupement d’Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic interest grouping formed to facilitate or develop members’ economic activities; no minimum share capital; activity must be auxiliary to members’ own business. Closest US equivalent: Cooperative. |
| Entreprise Individuelle | — | Sole proprietorship operated by a single natural person; no separate legal personality; owner bears unlimited personal liability for business debts. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
How documents combine
For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.| Evidence area | Documents needed |
|---|---|
| Legal Registration | Récépissé d’immatriculation RCS |
| Constitutive Documents | Statuts |
| Tax Registration | Attestation NIF |
| Operating Permit | Patente d’activité |
| Ownership Records | Any one of: Registre des associés · Registre des actionnaires |
| Governance Records | All required: Extrait RCS + Statuts |
| Signing Authority | Any one of: PV d’Assemblée Générale · Procuration notariée |
| Address | Any one of: Contrat de bail · Facture de services · Relevé bancaire |
| Good Standing | Extrait RCS (daté) |
Documents to collect
The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.| Document | Proves |
|---|---|
| Récépissé d’immatriculation RCS | Legal Registration |
| Statuts | Constitutive Documents, Governance Records |
| Attestation NIF | Tax Registration |
| Patente d’activité | Operating Permit |
| Registre des associés (SARL) | Ownership Records |
| Registre des actionnaires (SA) | Ownership Records |
| Extrait RCS | Governance Records |
| PV d’Assemblée Générale | Signing Authority |
| Procuration notariée | Signing Authority |
| Contrat de bail | Address |
| Facture de services (≤90 jours) | Address |
| Relevé bancaire (≤90 jours) | Address |
| Extrait RCS (daté) | Good Standing |
| Sector-Specific License | BCD agrément, ARMD licence sectorielle |
Collection notes
- Legal Registration: Issued by ODPIC; registration mandatory within 1 month of formation.
- Constitutive Documents: Constitutive document under domestic Code de Commerce; two certified copies filed at ODPIC.
- Tax Registration: Issued by DGI; obtained via Guichet Unique (ANPI) alongside RCS registration.
- Operating Permit: DGI-issued business activity permit; obtained at Guichet Unique; registration completes within 3 business days.
- Sector-Specific License: BCD for banking, Islamic finance, microfinance, payment services; ARMD for telecoms, ICT, energy.
- Governance Records: Director/gérant identity filed at ODPIC on formation and on any change.
- Signing Authority: Board resolution or notarized power of attorney; no jurisdiction-specific standardized form.
- Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
- Good Standing: Djibouti follows the subsumed-by-extract pattern: a dated Extrait RCS issued by ODPIC confirms current active registration status. Request a fresh extract (≤90 days). No separate certificate of good standing is issued.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gérant | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Manager of SARL or SNC; legal representative with day-to-day authority. |
| Président (SAS) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Heads the SAS; sole mandatory officer with operational authority. |
| Directeur Général (SA) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Appointed by board; day-to-day management authority. |
| Président du Conseil d’Administration | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Presides over SA board; governance role. |
| Administrateur | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Member of SA board (Conseil d’Administration). |
| Mandataire / Procurateur | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Holder of notarized power of attorney; legally binds company. |
Notes
- Djibouti is not an OHADA member state (absent from OHADA’s 17-member roster). Company law is governed entirely by the domestic Code de Commerce (Loi n° 134/AN/11/6ème L, 2012, as amended by Loi n° 001/AN/18, 2018). Do not apply OHADA Uniform Acts (AUSCGIE, AUDCG) to Djibouti entities.
- Djibouti is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (confirmed HCCH Status Table, 129 parties as of 31-XII-2025; Djibouti absent). Full legalisation chain required: Ministry of Justice → Ministry of Foreign Affairs → receiving country embassy.
- SA and SAS shares must be registered in a securities account per Loi 106/AN/24 (bearer shares prohibited from remaining unregistered). Implementing dematerialisation regulations have not been publicly confirmed as of 2026-05-06 — request written confirmation that shares are registered.
- The Guichet Unique (ANPI) is the single registration window: RCS (ODPIC), NIF (DGI), Patente (DGI), and CNSS social registration all obtained within 3 business days. Foreign-national managers must additionally provide a certified criminal record from their country of origin.