THE 2026 EDITION · FREE 15-PAGE GUIDE

Southbound

Why European Businesses Are Building Their Next Base in Africa

The five doors of every African market entry — business permits, financial licences, work permits, expatriate quotas and compliance — with the honest timelines nobody prints.

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What’s inside

A field guide for the boardroom, not a brochure.

The map — AfCFTA, OHADA, WAEMU & CEMAC, and the common-law belt, explained in one page

The five doors — one honest chapter each, including the expatriate quota rule European firms discover too late

Six markets at a glance — Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire

The ten-question checklist for your next strategy meeting

The Africa Desk — a standing invitation, in your language

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The desk is open. The compass points south.