Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Africa |
| ISO 3166-1 | NE / NER |
| Registry | Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce via CFE / Maison de l’Entreprise |
| Last updated | 2026-05-06 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Niger and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | NIF | Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI) |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | Numéro RCCM | Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce via CFE / Maison de l’Entreprise |
Sector regulators
BCEAO · AMF-UMOA · CIMA · CENTIF
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Most common SME vehicle; no minimum capital (Décret 2017-284 removed prior floor); liability limited to contributions. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Société Anonyme | SA | Share-capital company requiring at least 10,000,000 FCFA; board of 3–12 directors or single administrator; at least one-quarter of capital paid up at formation. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Simplified joint-stock company with no minimum capital; governance freely set in bylaws; capital divided into freely transferable shares. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership under OHADA; all partners bear unlimited joint and several liability for company debts. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership (GP). |
| Société en Commandite Simple | SCS | Limited partnership combining commandités (at least one partner with unlimited liability) and commanditaires (liable only to contributions). Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership (LP). |
| Entreprise Individuelle | — | Sole-trader registration for a natural person exercising commercial activity; no separate legal personality; owner bears unlimited personal liability. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Groupement d’Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic interest group facilitating shared commercial activities among members; no minimum capital; separate legal personality but members retain unlimited liability. Closest US equivalent: Statutory Business Trust or Joint Venture. |
| Société Coopérative | SCOOP | Cooperative company governed by the OHADA Uniform Act on Cooperative Societies (2010); includes SCOOPS (simplified) and SCOOPCA (with board) variants. Closest US equivalent: Cooperative. |
| Succursale de Société Étrangère | — | Branch or representative office of a foreign company registered in the RCCM; no independent legal personality; parent company bears full liability. Closest US equivalent: Branch/Representative Office. |
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 | Extrait RCCM |
| Constitutive Documents | Statuts |
| Tax Registration | Attestation NIF |
| Operating Permit | Any one of: Patente · Autorisation d’Exercice |
| Ownership Records | Any one of: Registre des Associés · Registre des Actionnaires |
| Governance Records | All required: Extrait RCCM + Statuts + PV d’Assemblée Générale |
| Signing Authority | Any one of: PV d’Assemblée Générale · Pouvoir Notarié |
| Address | Any one of: Contrat de bail · Facture de services · Relevé bancaire |
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 |
|---|---|
| Extrait RCCM | Legal Registration, Governance Records |
| Statuts | Constitutive Documents, Governance Records |
| Attestation NIF | Tax Registration |
| Patente | Operating Permit |
| Autorisation d’Exercice | Operating Permit |
| Registre des Associés (SARL) | Ownership Records |
| Registre des Actionnaires (SA) | Ownership Records |
| PV d’Assemblée Générale | Governance Records |
| PV d’Assemblée Générale | Signing Authority |
| Pouvoir Notarié | Signing Authority |
| Contrat de bail | Address |
| Facture de services (≤90 jours) | Address |
| Relevé bancaire (≤90 jours) | Address |
| Sector-Specific License | Agrément BCEAO, AMF-UMOA, CIMA |
Collection notes
- Legal Registration: Issued by Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce via CFE. Niger ratified OHADA Treaty 1995-06-05.
- Constitutive Documents: Private document or notarized act (AUSCGIE). Marital status of partners/shareholders required (OHADA community-property regime).
- Tax Registration: Issued by DGI; required within one month of business start.
- Operating Permit: Annual business-activity tax-license; sector-neutral; issued by DGI / municipal authority.
- Sector-Specific License: BCEAO agrément for banks and payment institutions; AMF-UMOA license for capital-market activities; CIMA for insurance.
- Governance Records: RCCM extract lists current gérant/directeurs; statuts and AGM minutes confirm appointments.
- Signing Authority: Board/AGM resolution or notarized power of attorney; gérant has statutory binding authority by default.
- Address: Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement; utility bills and bank statements must be dated within 90 days. Satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
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 | Manages the SARL; has all powers to bind the company by statute. |
| Président (SAS) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Heads the SAS; broadest day-to-day executive authority. |
| Directeur Général | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Executive officer in an SA; manages operations under board authority. |
| Président du Conseil d’Administration | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Presides over the SA board; governance role. |
| Administrateur | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Member of the SA board of directors. |
| Mandataire | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Holder of notarized POA to act on behalf of the company. |
Additional fields
Country-specific fields you’ll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.| Field | Applies to | Reason |
|---|---|---|
marital_status | founder | OHADA Statuts require marital status, matrimonial regime, and spouse name for associates/shareholders due to community-property considerations (AUSCGIE). |
Notes
- Niger is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (confirmed by HCCH status table as of 2026-05-06). All foreign public documents require full embassy legalisation chain.
- Niger transposed the UMOA Loi uniforme relative à la LBC/FT/FP (adopted 2023-03-31) via Ordonnance 2024-56 du 19 décembre 2024, which replaced Loi 2016-33 of 2016-10-31. The BCEAO issued three implementing instructions (Inst. 001/002/003-03-2025, dated 2025-03-18) with full operational effect as of 2025. Cite Ordonnance 2024-56 — do not cite the superseded Loi 2016-33 or Directive 02/2015/CM/UEMOA.
- The SARL minimum capital was abolished by Décret 2017-284 (modifying Décret 2014-503/PRN/MC/PSP/MJ); SARL capital is now freely set by associés. Do not rely on older sources citing 1,000,000 or 100,000 FCFA floors.
- AMF-UMOA (formerly CREPMF) rebranded effective 2021-01-01; cite AMF-UMOA in current filings.