Includes steps involved in establishing a local office.
Last Published: 7/15/2019

Establishing a business in Mali has been simplified through the creation of the guichet unique, or one-stop shop, at the Agency for Investment Promotion (API-Mali). API-Mali has English-speaking staff who can respond to queries from interested businesses, as well as an active website (http://www.apimali.gov.ml/) with information on forms and applications for business registration. The World Bank’s Doing Business Report for Mali in 2019 noted that an average of five separate procedures and 11 days were required to establish a business in Mali. For business creation, API-Mali requests documents, including but not limited to ID card, birth cerficate, residence certificate, wedding certificate, letter to the court clerk, criminal record, and letter to the minister of investment. Different fees are applied according to the sector and the type of company the investor(s) aim to create. The incorporated company, as well as branch, subsidiary, and affiliate thereof, must pay a total amount of $880 (CFA 508,500): $865 (CFA 500,000) to a notary and $15 (CFA 8,500) to the one-stop-shop. The limited liability company (LLC), general partnership, joint-stock company, economic interest group, and branch, subsidiary, and affiliate thereof must pay $435 (CFA 250,000) to the notary and $11 (CFA 6,000) to the one-stop-shop for a total amount of $446 (CFA 256,000).

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