Register a company in Mauritania

Mostly, yes. Incorporation and tax registrations can be handled by power of attorney. Banks generally prefer to meet the gérant, while project and licensing work also benefits from local presence. Where a Nouakchott visit is useful, we coordinate it around banking and licence steps.

Turnkey registration starts from $2,900, while the package with banking starts from $4,900. Sector licences are priced separately depending on the project. Renewal with accounting starts from $1,800 per year.

Grand Tortue Ahmeyim is the BP-operated LNG project straddling the Mauritania-Senegal maritime border. After roughly a decade of development, it is now producing, with further expansion phases planned. For the service economy, this creates contracted demand for marine logistics, catering, maintenance and local supply. The ecosystem is still developing, giving early compliant entrants a chance to establish positions before the market matures.

Yes, but primarily at the concession and development stage. Mauritania has signed some of the world’s largest announced green-hydrogen frameworks, covering tens of gigawatts across desert areas with global developers involved in feasibility work. Final investment decisions remain ahead, so the opportunity today is positioning - land, partnerships and early service contracts - rather than immediate revenue.

Through licences, quotas and fishing campaigns. Atlantic upwelling makes the waters exceptionally productive, foreign fleets operate under agreements and licences, and onshore processing in Nouadhibou can receive preference. This is a fully regulated sector, and the licensing route needs to be planned as carefully as the operational model itself.

Standard corporate tax is 25%, VAT is 16%, dividends are around 10%, and employer contributions are close to 15%. Petroleum and mining projects operate under separate conventions with their own fiscal terms. Service companies generally plan around the standard rates, while project businesses need to model the specific contract and licensing regime.

The currency is relatively illiquid, the banking market is shallow, and convertibility needs to be managed. At the same time, much of the project economy operates in dollars and euros, so treasury is commonly structured around hard-currency contracts with conversion only for local expenses. For export and service companies, this is a normal operating model.

Risk is managed with the regional context in mind. Mauritania has invested heavily in security along the Sahel borders, while the coastal corridor - Nouakchott, Nouadhibou and offshore projects - operates more calmly. Desert-interior operations require additional protocols, as they do elsewhere across the Sahel. Project geography should therefore be planned accordingly.

Gas and mining projects often favour suppliers incorporated in Mauritania, employing Mauritanian staff and maintaining a visible local footprint. A foreign entity alone may therefore be less competitive. We build the local-content profile from incorporation onward: local registration, hiring and training plans should be in place before tenders open.

The company takes two to four weeks to establish. Banking usually adds another one to three weeks. Sector licences take approximately three to ten weeks depending on the route. A working Mauritanian service company with a bank account within around six weeks remains a realistic benchmark.