> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://v2.docs.conduit.financial/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Guinea > How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Guinea (GIN) when onboarding through the Conduit API. ## Overview | Field | Value | | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------- | | Region | Africa | | ISO 3166-1 | GN / GIN | | Registry | RCCM (Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier) | | Last updated | 2026-05-06 | ## Identifiers Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Guinea and submit them as strings on the application body. | API field | Local name | Issuer | | ------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | `businessInfo.taxId` | **NIF** | DGI (Direction Générale des Impôts) | | `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Numéro RCCM** | RCCM (Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier) | *Tax ID:* Issued jointly with RCCM at one-stop window; eTax number also issued for digital filing. *Registration number:* OHADA-standard registry number assigned at incorporation. ## Sector regulators `BCRG` · `CENTIF` · `DGI` · `Ministère des Mines` ## Legal structures | Local name | Abbreviation | Description | | -------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Limited-liability company with one or more associés; capital divided into non-freely-transferable parts sociales; managed by a gérant; the default SME vehicle under OHADA AUSCGIE. Equivalent to a US LLC. | | Société Anonyme | SA | Share-capital public limited company requiring at least three shareholders; governed by a Conseil d'Administration or single Administrateur Général; must appoint a Commissaire aux Comptes. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. | | Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Simplified joint-stock company introduced by AUSCGIE 2014 revision; share-based with flexible governance set by statuts; favored for holding structures and joint ventures. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. | | Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership in which all partners trade under a collective name and bear unlimited joint and several liability for company debts. Equivalent to a US General Partnership. | | Société en Commandite Simple | SCS | Limited partnership combining one or more gérants-commandités with unlimited liability and one or more commanditaires whose liability is limited to their contribution; no minimum capital requirement. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership. | | Entreprise Individuelle | — | Individual trader (commerçant personne physique) registered at the RCCM under the OHADA Uniform Act on General Commercial Law; no separate legal personality; the owner bears unlimited personal liability. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. | | Entreprenant | — | Micro-entrepreneur status introduced by AUDCG; established by simple declaration (no RCCM registration required); covers civil, commercial, artisanal, and agricultural activities with a simplified tax and accounting regime. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. | | Groupement d'Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic interest grouping allowing members to pool resources to facilitate or develop their economic activities; profit distribution is incidental and not the primary purpose; governed by AUSCGIE. Closest US equivalent: a Cooperative. | | Société Coopérative | SCOOPS | Cooperative company governed by the OHADA Uniform Act on Cooperative Companies; autonomously managed by members who pool resources to satisfy common economic, social, or cultural needs; surplus allocated per member activity. Closest US equivalent: a Cooperative. | ## 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 | Certificat d'Immatriculation RCCM | | Constitutive Documents | Statuts | | Tax Registration | Attestation NIF | | Operating Permit | *Any one of:* Patente · Autorisation communale | | Ownership Records | *Any one of:* Registre des associés · Registre des actionnaires | | Governance Records | *All required:* Statuts + PV d'Assemblée Générale | | Signing Authority | *Any one of:* Résolution du conseil d'administration · Procuration notariée | | Address | *Any one of:* Contrat de bail · Facture de services · Relevé bancaire | | Good Standing | Certificat d'Immatriculation RCCM | ## 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 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Certificat d'Immatriculation RCCM** | Legal Registration, Good Standing | | **Statuts** | Constitutive Documents, Governance Records | | **Attestation NIF** | Tax Registration | | **Patente** | Operating Permit | | **Autorisation communale** | Operating Permit | | **Registre des associés (SARL)** | Ownership Records | | **Registre des actionnaires (SA)** | Ownership Records | | **PV d'Assemblée Générale (SARL: gérant; SA: administrateurs + DG)** | Governance Records | | **Résolution du conseil d'administration** | Signing Authority | | **Procuration notariée** | Signing Authority | | **Contrat de bail** | Address | | **Facture de services (≤90 jours)** | Address | | **Relevé bancaire (≤90 jours)** | Address | | **Sector-Specific License** | Agrément BCRG (banking/paiement/microfinance/assurance), Permis minier (Ministère des Mines) | ### Collection notes * **Legal Registration:** Issued by RCCM via APIP/SyNERGUI; contains RCCM number, legal form, and date. * **Constitutive Documents:** Notarial deed or private deed by lawyer (SARL: Decree of 30 May 2014); filed with APIP. * **Tax Registration:** NIF issued by DGI via eTax/SAFIG2 platform; delivered with RCCM certificate at APIP window. * **Operating Permit:** Annual business tax (patente) + municipal operating permit from Commune de Conakry or relevant local authority. * **Sector-Specific License:** Sector-specific; BCRG issues agrément for financial institutions; Ministère des Mines issues exploration and exploitation permits. * **Governance Records:** Filed with RCCM; changes notified to APIP. * **Signing Authority:** Board resolution or notarized power of attorney granting signing authority. * **Address:** Lease (no time bound) or utility bill or bank statement (utility/bank dated within 90 days). Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks. * **Good Standing:** No standalone good-standing certificate is issued; a recently dated copy of the listed document evidences current standing. OHADA jurisdiction: a recently dated Certificat d'Immatriculation RCCM (under business\_registration) subsumes the good-standing function; no separate certificate of good standing is issued by the RCCM in Guinea. ## Person roles When you submit a person on the application body, set their `role` 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 (SARL) | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Manager(s) of SARL; appointed for 4 years; legally binds the company. | | Administrateur Général (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Single executive director structure for smaller SAs. | | Directeur Général (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Day-to-day executive appointed by Board. | | Administrateur (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Member of Conseil d'Administration. | | Président du Conseil d'Administration | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Chair of the Board. | ## Notes * Guinea is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (confirmed: HCCH Status Table, 129 contracting parties as of 2026-05-06; Guinea absent). Foreign documents require full consular legalisation chain. * Guinea is not a WAEMU member; it uses the Guinean franc (GNF), not XOF. Do not apply BCEAO/WAEMU AML directives — the national framework (Loi L/2021/024/AN + CENTIF-GN) governs. * APIP's SyNERGUI platform is the exclusive digital channel for RCCM registration and NIF issuance since 2025; direct tribunal filings are deprecated.