Cross-border · Europe–Africa
Europe and Africa, read with the same rigour.
For European companies entering African markets, African companies raising capital or finding partners in Europe, and institutions financing projects between the two. One adviser who works in German, French and English, and who knows both what a German lender expects and how business is done in West and East Africa.
- Berlin
- Bamako
- Kigali
- Paris
- Brussels
- London
- Casablanca
- Dakar
- Abidjan
- Lagos
- Douala
- Nairobi
- Johannesburg
Bamako and Kigali: where the practice was built. The other points mark principal economic hubs of the corridor.
The corridor in figures
≈ US$70 bn
Foreign direct investment into Africa in 2025, the third-highest level since 1990.
Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2026
€63.4 bn
Germany–Africa trade in goods in 2025, up 10.5 % on 2024.
Source: Germany Trade & Invest, based on Destatis data, February 2026
1.4 bn
People in the African Continental Free Trade Area, with a combined GDP of about US$3.4 trillion.
Source: AfCFTA Secretariat, 2026
17
States applying OHADA business law and the SYSCOHADA accounting framework.
Source: OHADA
Figures as published by the named sources, rounded.
What we do on the corridor
Market entry and partner selection
Market and competitor analysis, due diligence on partners and distributors, choice of entry structure, and a business case built on local costs, currency and repatriation constraints.
Project financing files
Financing plans and documentation prepared for banks, development finance institutions and export credit cover.
African companies facing European capital
Conversion of SYSCOHADA reporting to IFRS or HGB, investor materials, and the governance European investors and lenders expect.
Institutions and programmes
Programme budgets, donor reporting and cross-border compliance for embassies, public bodies and international organisations.
Why one adviser for both sides
Languages
German, English and French, plus Bambara. Documents are read in the original, not in translation.
Two accounting worlds
HGB and IFRS on one side, SYSCOHADA on the other, reconciled line by line.
Experience on both continents
A practice built in Germany, Rwanda and Mali.
Independence
No commissions from banks, investors, partners or suppliers. The client is the only payer.
We will also tell you when a market, a partner or a structure is not ready for you.