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# Cameroon

> How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Cameroon (CMR) when onboarding through the Conduit API.

## Overview

| Field | Value |
| - | - |
| Region | Africa |
| ISO 3166-1 | CM / CMR |
| Registry | [RCCM (CFCE)](https://rccm.ohada.org/) |
| Last updated | 2026-09-03 |

## Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Cameroon and submit them as strings on the application body.

| API field | Local name | Issuer |
| - | - | - |
| `businessInfo.taxId` | **NIU** | DGI Cameroon |
| `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Numéro RCCM** | CFCE (Centre de Formalités de Création des Entreprises) / Greffe |

*Tax ID:* Numéro d'Identifiant Unique issued by DGI.

*Registration number:* OHADA Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier number issued via CFCE.

## Sector regulators

`BEAC` · `COSUMAF` · `COBAC` · `ANIF`

## Legal structures

| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Société Anonyme | SA | Share-capital company with a board of directors; minimum capital FCFA 10,000,000 (non-listed) or FCFA 100,000,000 (public offering) under OHADA AUSCGIE. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Flexible share-capital company governed by OHADA AUSCGIE Art. 853-1 et seq.; shareholders hold actions and governance rules are freely set in the bylaws. No minimum capital required. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Most common entity for SMEs; associates hold parts sociales and liability is capped at their contributions. Minimum capital FCFA 100,000 under OHADA AUSCGIE. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership in which all partners are deemed merchants and bear unlimited joint and several liability for company debts under OHADA AUSCGIE. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership. |
| Société en Commandite Simple | SCS | Limited partnership with two classes of partners: general partners (unlimited liability) and limited partners (liability capped at contribution) under OHADA AUSCGIE. Closest US equivalent: Limited Partnership. |
| Entreprise Individuelle | EI | Sole trader operating under their own name; registered at the RCCM but no separate legal personality. The entrepreneur bears unlimited personal liability for business debts. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Groupement d'Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic interest group formed by two or more persons to facilitate members' economic activities; auxiliary and non-profit in purpose under OHADA AUSCGIE. Closest US equivalent: Statutory Cooperative. |
| Société Coopérative | — | Cooperative society governed by the OHADA Uniform Act on Cooperative Societies (AUSCOOP); member-owned, operates for member benefit. Closest US equivalent: Cooperative. |
| Société Civile | SC | Civil-law non-commercial company used for professional practices, real estate holding, or agriculture; not subject to OHADA commercial company rules. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership (GP). |
| Succursale | — | Branch of a foreign company registered at the RCCM via the CFCE; no separate legal personality — the parent company bears all obligations. Closest US equivalent: Branch. |

## How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

| Evidence area | Documents needed |
| - | - |
| Legal Registration | Extrait RCCM |
| Constitutive Documents | Statuts |
| Tax Registration | NIU Certificate |
| Operating Permit | Patente |
| Ownership Records | *Any one of:* Statuts · Registre des Associés · Registre des Actions |
| Governance Records | *All required:* Extrait RCCM + Statuts + PV de nomination |
| Signing Authority | *Any one of:* PV d'AG · Résolution du Conseil d'Administration |
| Address | *Any one of:* Bail · Quittance (ENEO / CAMWATER) · Relevé bancaire |
| Good Standing | Extrait RCCM |

## Documents to collect

The physical documents you'll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil's Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

| Document | Proves |
| - | - |
| **Extrait RCCM (CFCE)** | Legal Registration, Governance Records, Good Standing |
| **Statuts (marital info req.)** | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| **NIU Certificate** | Tax Registration |
| **Patente** | Operating Permit |
| **Registre des Associés (SARL)** | Ownership Records |
| **Registre des Actions (SA)** | Ownership Records |
| **PV de nomination** | Governance Records |
| **PV d'AG** | Signing Authority |
| **Résolution du Conseil** | Signing Authority |
| **Bail** | Address |
| **Quittance (ENEO / CAMWATER) (≤90 jours)** | Address |
| **Relevé bancaire (≤90 jours)** | Address |
| **Sector-Specific License** | BEAC, COSUMAF, COBAC — Commission Bancaire de l'Afrique Centrale |

### Collection notes

* **Ownership Records:** Structure is Statuts + (Registre des Associés \[SARL] OR Registre des Actions \[SA]). The applicable share register depends on entity legal form.
* **Address:** Lease (no time bound) or utility bill or bank statement (utility/bank dated within 90 days). Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
* **Good Standing:** No standalone good-standing certificate is issued; a recently dated copy of the listed document evidences current standing. No separate CoGS certificate exists in Cameroon; a dated Extrait RCCM (requested within 3 months) is the live-standing mechanism — see business\_registration.

## Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their `role` to one of Conduit's canonical `BusinessPersonRole` values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Gérant | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Manages the SARL. Legal representative. |
| Président | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Heads the SAS. |
| Directeur Général | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Day-to-day management in an SA. |
| Administrateur | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Member of the board in an SA. |

## Additional fields

Country-specific fields you'll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.

| Field | Applies to | Reason |
| - | - | - |
| `marital_status` | founder | OHADA Statuts require marital information for founders/shareholders. |

## Notes

* OHADA member; CEMAC zone — uses BEAC + COSUMAF.


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