Setting Up a Business in Senegal

An in-depth guide for foreign entrepreneurs and companies looking to enter the Senegalese market — a comparatively stable West African economy and regional hub, with foreign investment genuinely supported by OHADA’s harmonized business law.
This guide covers OHADA legal structures (SARL, SA, and SAS — the latter specifically recommended for oil-sector joint ventures), business taxation (a genuinely significant 30% corporate rate, reflecting a strategy built on stability rather than low taxation), company formation via the APIX single window, the cost of labor, and immigration routes for executives, investors, and entrepreneurs. Includes a dedicated chapter on Senegal’s institutional resilience through real political pressure in 2024, its genuine oil and gas transformation (the Sangomar field and Grand Tortue Ahmeyim LNG project), the OHADA legal certainty advantage, and its position as a regional gateway via the Port of Dakar, ECOWAS, and UEMOA. An operational checklist and useful contacts round out the guide.
Available in English and French.