New — AI Legal Assistant trained on OHADA & common-law codes

Legal services for every African business.

Register your company, draft and sign contracts, talk to a vetted lawyer, and stay compliant — in English, Français, العربية and Português. From Dakar to Douala, in one platform.

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17: OHADA countries
800+: Vetted lawyers
40k: Documents drafted

African entrepreneur reviewing contracts on ALECS Africa

Compliance — Cameroon

CNPS declaration filed

Next deadline: 15 of next month

AI Assistant · FR

"Rédige un NDA conforme OHADA pour deux parties…"

One platform

Every legal workflow your business needs.

From the moment you incorporate to your first dispute, ALECS Africa covers the full lifecycle — without flying to the capital or paying retainers you can't afford.

AI Legal Assistant

Ask questions, summarize statutes, draft clauses — trained on OHADA Uniform Acts and national codes.

Lawyer Marketplace

Vetted, licensed lawyers across 17+ countries. Transparent rates, escrow, secure messaging.

Business Registration

Incorporate SARL, SAS, Ltd or Sole Proprietorship with end-to-end document and filing workflows.

Documents & e-Sign

150+ templates: NDAs, employment, leases, shareholder agreements. Legally binding e-signatures.

Contract Lifecycle

Draft, negotiate, sign, store, and track renewals. AI redline review and clause library.

Compliance Automation

Tax, labor and regulatory calendars per jurisdiction. Automated reminders and filings.

Legal Education

Plain-language guides and certified courses on business law, IP, and dispute resolution.

Government Reporting

Pre-filled templates for tax, social and statistical filings, exportable for direct submission.

AI Legal Assistant

Your bilingual associate, available 24/7.

Drafted on OHADA Uniform Acts, the CAMA, the Ghana Companies Act, tax codes and labor codes — with citations. Switch between EN, FR, AR, PT mid-conversation.

Draft contracts with jurisdiction-aware clauses
Summarize statutes, judgments and notices in plain language
Compare your contract against a clause library and flag risks
Escalate to a vetted human lawyer in one click

ALECS Assistant

Jurisdiction · Cameroon · OHADA

Rédige un NDA mutuel entre ma SARL et un consultant indien, droit OHADA, en français.

Voici un projet d'accord de confidentialité mutuel régi par l'Acte uniforme OHADA relatif au droit commercial général, avec clause d'arbitrage CCJA…↳ 3 clauses signalées · 2 citations

Lawyer marketplace

Vetted lawyers, transparent rates.

Every lawyer on ALECS is bar-verified, peer-reviewed, and bound by escrow. Book a consultation in minutes, pay only when you're satisfied.

Verified

Me. Adaeze Okonkwo

Corporate · M&A · Fintech

4.9(128)

Lagos, Nigeria EN

₦25,000 / consult Book consult

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Me. Jean-Paul Mbarga

OHADA · Tax · Labor

4.8(92)

Douala, Cameroon FR · EN

FCFA 30,000 / consult Book consult

Verified

Me. Aïssatou Diop

Immigration · Famille

5(64)

Dakar, Senegal FR · العربية

FCFA 25,000 / consult Book consult

Verified

Me. Kofi Mensah

Companies Act 2019 · Tax · IP

4.7(81)

Accra, Ghana EN

GHS 1,200 / consult Book consult

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Me. Wanjiru Kamau

Data Protection · Tech · Startups

4.9(142)

Nairobi, Kenya EN · Swahili

KES 12,000 / consult Book consult

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Me. Thabo Nkosi

POPIA · Commercial · B-BBEE

4.8(103)

Johannesburg, South Africa EN

ZAR 2,500 / consult Book consult

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Me. Nadia El-Amine

Investment · Data · Capital Markets

4.9(76)

Cairo, Egypt AR · EN · FR

EGP 3,000 / consult Book consult

Verified

Me. Youssef Benali

Loi 09-08 · Sociétés · Fiscal

4.7(58)

Casablanca, Morocco FR · AR

MAD 1,500 / consult Book consult

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Me. Fatou Koné

OHADA · M&A · Energy

4.9(89)

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire FR

FCFA 35,000 / consult Book consult

For everyone

Built for the people who build African economies.

Startups

Incorporate, issue shares, raise capital, protect IP — everything VCs ask for, ready in days.

Small businesses

Stay compliant with tax, labor and sector regulators without hiring an in-house counsel.

Individuals

Affordable plain-language legal help for housing, employment, family and consumer matters.

Lawyers

Grow your practice with qualified leads, billing, e-sign and a CLM you don't pay extra for.

Government contractors

Bid documents, compliance attestations and audit-ready paper trails for public tenders.

Investors

Diligence African portfolio companies with verified registry data and compliance dashboards.

Coverage

One platform. 19 jurisdictions. Three legal traditions.

Whether you're filing under OHADA Uniform Acts, the Nigerian CAMA 2020 or Ghana's Companies Act, ALECS Africa is built natively for your jurisdiction — not translated from a US template.

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Nigeria

Common law · CAMA 2020

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Ghana

Common law · Companies Act 2019

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Kenya

Common law

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South Africa

Mixed Roman-Dutch / common law