Organization Harmonization Business Law in Africa (OHADA)

1. Introduction to the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
2. OHADA Uniform Acts
3. Commercial Law
4. Corporations Law
5. Legislation on bonds and guarantees
6. Procedures and measures implementing a simplified recovery
7. Cancellation of liabilities in insolvency
8. Arbitration Act
9. Organization and harmonization of corporate accounting
10. Contracts for carriage of goods by road
11. Uniform Act concerning the Law of the Road Transport (AUDTMR OHADA)
12. Cooperatives
13. Treaty on Harmonization of Business Law in Africa

Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA).

Note: the Uniform Acts are only available in French.

The objectives of the subject “Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)” are the following:

1. To understand the purposes (legal integration) of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
2. To know the uniform acts of the OHADA (commercial law, arbitration, transport)
3. To analyze the implications for the African business and companies
4. To understand the role of the OHADA in the African Integration process

The Subject “Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)” belongs to the following Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate in African Business.

Courses: Business in West Africa, Central Africa, African Economic Integration.

Master in Business in Africa, International Business.

Languages: or Organization pour l’Harmonization en Afrique du Droit des Affaires (OHADA Organização para a Harmonização em África do Direito dos Negócios (OHADA) Organización para la Armonización del Derecho Mercantil en África (OHADA).

1. Credits of the Subject “Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)”: 1

Area of Knowledge: Africa.

Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA).

The objective of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) is to achieve the legal integration of the following countries of West, East, and Central Africa (almost all of them pertaining to the Francophonie):

1. Benin
2. Burkina Faso
3. Cameroon
4. Comoros
5. Chad
6. Congo
7. Ivory Coast
8. Gabon
9. Guinea-Bissau
10. Guinea
11. Equatorial Guinea
12. Mali
13. Niger
14. Central African Republic
15. Democratic Republic of the Congo
16. Senegal
17. Togo

The Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) facilitates the legal security (commercial law harmonization) in the trade relations between companies (Foreign Trade, Investment FDI).

The specialized bodies of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) are:

1. Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of the OHADA (CCJA)
2. Regional High Judiciary School (ERSUMA)

The Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) belongs to the African Civilization.

1. West African Economic Area
2. East African Economic Area
3. Central African Economic Area

EENI African Business Portal.