Investing in Senegal — The investor’s guide
New Investment Code, special economic zones, taxation, financing, diaspora: the 2026 framework, sourced from the legal texts, with referenced professionals.
West Africa's leading francophone banking centre, now an oil and gas producer, and equipped since late 2025 with a new Investment Code that lowers the entry ticket for incentives to 15 million FCFA: Senegal has rewritten its pitch to investors. This guide takes it apart, official texts in hand.
Here you will find what law no. 2025-16 actually says — approvals, incentives, local content obligations —, what the special economic zones are worth, what Senegalese taxation costs and yields, where to find financing, and how to invest from the diaspora without falling into the classic land-purchase traps. With one editorial bias: state what is verified, date what is dated, and flag what remains to be confirmed rather than asserting it.
At every step, the professionals referenced on SenPages — business lawyers, notaries, chartered accountants, banks — to take you from project to execution.
Referenced advisers
Consulting firms, lawyers and chartered accountants referenced on SenPages to structure your project.
In this guide
Why Senegal — the economy in 2026, without the varnish
Hydrocarbon-driven growth, low inflation, a young population, Vision 2050 — and the awkward subjects, addressed honestly.
Read more →The 2025 Investment Code — what law no. 2025-16 says
Approval threshold lowered to 15 million FCFA, response within 10 working days, tax and customs incentives, strategic and ISR regimes: the text, read for you.
Read more →Investor guarantees and capital transfers
Equal treatment, protection against expropriation, dividend repatriation under WAEMU rules, international arbitration: what protects your investment.
Read more →Special economic zones — Diamniadio, Sandiara and the rest
Seven SEZs created, Diamniadio and Sandiara leading, 188.9 billion FCFA of cumulative investment: what the zones are really worth.
Read more →Investor taxation — CIT, VAT, CEL and withholdings
30% corporate tax, 18% VAT, 3% CFCE, local economic contribution, dividend withholding: the key tax parameters, dated and attributed.
Read more →Promising sectors — where to invest, numbers in hand
Agro-industry, fisheries, energy, digital, tourism, mining: what the sectors really weigh, with dated figures.
Read more →Financing your project — banks, funds and markets
WAEMU’s largest banking centre, FONSIS, Teranga Capital, the BRVM, microfinance — and who the DER is not for.
Read more →Real estate and land — investing without getting trapped
Land title, emphyteutic lease, Senegalese company, APIX’s land one-stop shop: the safe routes — and the documented traps.
Read more →Diaspora — investing back home from abroad
2,211 billion FCFA remitted in 2024, dedicated bonds, and well-documented traps: investing from abroad, methodically.
Read more →Setting up — incorporate, recruit, establish
OHADA company, APIX support (visas, land, single platform), a young workforce: moving to execution.
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