Advisory

Financial, organisational and investor advisory in Djibouti

Deciding on the basis of facts: structuring growth, securing operations and strengthening governance.

Chartered accounting Statutory audit Contractual and internal audit Donor project audits Tax and payroll Advisory

Directors and investors call on AXIAL Advisory and Audit when a decision needs figures that can be trusted and a method that can be explained: launching or taking over a business, financing an investment, reorganising a finance department, writing procedures, preparing a sale or setting up in Djibouti.

Our two partners combine a banking background, statutory audit experience and the management of public and private organisations in Djibouti. This gives our advice a practical dimension: recommendations are sized for your teams and followed through to implementation.

Our advisory services

Finance and strategy

Business plans, financial models, cash flow forecasts, company valuations, financing files for banks and investors, and support in negotiations.

Organisation and internal control

Procedures manuals, organisation charts and job descriptions, internal control systems, organisational audits and management audits of public and private entities.

Setting up and investing in Djibouti

Choice of legal form and regime, free zone or onshore, registration formalities, first accounting set-up, and representation of foreign groups entering the Horn of Africa.

Our method

Who we advise

Family businesses preparing a transfer or a growth phase, public enterprises and agencies modernising their procedures, foreign investors entering Djibouti's port, logistics, energy and services sectors, banks and financial institutions, and development partners seeking local expertise.

Framing

A short diagnosis to agree on the question, the deliverables, the calendar and the people involved.

Analysis

Interviews, data collection and benchmarks, then analyses shared with you as they progress rather than at the end.

Recommendations

Options with their costs, risks and timelines, and a recommended scenario defended before your board or your investors.

Implementation

Support during implementation, training of teams and a review after a few months to measure the results.

Frequently asked questions

Answers to the questions we are most often asked before an engagement.

Yes. We advise on the legal form and tax regime, coordinate the formalities with the one stop shop and the authorities, and set up the accounting and payroll from the first month.

We map your processes with your teams, identify the risks and controls, write the procedures in a usable format and train the staff who will apply them. Our partners have written manuals for agencies and companies in Djibouti.

Yes, for transfers, shareholder entries and exits, disputes or financing, using several methods and a documented report.

Either as a fixed fee for a defined deliverable or on a time spent basis with an agreed ceiling, always set out in the engagement letter before work begins.

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