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Walkthrough

Set up compliance monitoring in 30 minutes.

A step-by-step guide to standing up automated corporate, tax, social and data-protection monitoring across your African entities — with sample alerts for the jurisdictions ALECS supports.

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Setup

Six steps from zero to a live compliance calendar.

  1. 1

    Add your entities

    For each subsidiary, list the legal name, registry number (RC/RCCM/CAC/ORC), jurisdiction, incorporation date and fiscal year-end. ALECS uses this to load the right statutory calendar — OHADA AUSCGIE for SARL/SAS, CAMA 2020 for Nigerian Ltds, Companies Act 2019 for Ghana, etc.

  2. 2

    Pick the obligation modules

    Turn on the modules that apply: Corporate (annual returns, BO updates), Tax (CIT, VAT, withholding), Social (CNPS / NSITF / SSNIT / NSSF), Data protection (NDPR, POPIA, Loi 09-08, Law 058/2021), and sector regulators (Central Bank, telecoms, insurance).

  3. 3

    Assign owners and reviewers

    Each obligation gets an internal owner (who files) and a reviewer (who signs off). Owners can be internal staff or your lawyer from the marketplace. ALECS routes the reminder, the evidence upload, and the approval to the right person.

  4. 4

    Set escalation policy

    Choose when to escalate (T-30, T-14, T-7, T-1, overdue) and to whom (line manager, GC, board). High-impact items (e.g. tax filings, BO declarations) can require dual approval before being marked complete.

  5. 5

    Connect evidence channels

    Connect email, Drive/SharePoint and your accounting system so filed receipts, stamped acknowledgements and bank payment confirmations are auto-attached as evidence. Each is hashed and timestamped for audit.

  6. 6

    Run the first close

    ALECS produces a 30-day forecast and a missed-item report. You'll close any historical gaps once, then maintain a green dashboard going forward.

Example alerts

What you'll see in your inbox.

Real obligations from the jurisdictions ALECS covers, with the severity and message style ALECS sends.

  • Nigeria
    Action soon

    CAC Annual Return (CAMA 2020 s.417)

    Due: 30 June

    Annual return for FY ending 31 Dec is due in 14 days. Last year's return and audited accounts are pre-attached — reviewer approval required.

  • Nigeria
    Critical

    NDPR Annual Audit (NDPC)

    Due: 15 March

    Data Protection Audit Return for entities processing > 2,000 data subjects is overdue by 3 days. Escalated to GC; penalty exposure ₦10M or 2% of revenue.

  • Ghana
    Action soon

    GRA Corporate Income Tax (Q4)

    Due: Last working day of Apr

    Q4 self-assessment CIT instalment due in 7 days. Provisional return generated from QuickBooks ledger — finance to confirm and pay via GRA portal.

  • Kenya
    FYI

    ODPC Annual Renewal (Data Protection Act 2019)

    Due: Anniversary of registration

    Data Controller registration with the ODPC renews in 30 days. No change to processing activities detected — one-click renew available.

  • South Africa
    Action soon

    CIPC Annual Return (Companies Act 71/2008)

    Due: 30 days after incorporation anniversary

    Annual return + beneficial ownership filing due in 10 days. BO register pre-filled from your cap table — reviewer must confirm before lodgement.

  • Côte d'Ivoire
    Critical

    DGI Déclaration Statistique et Fiscale (DSF)

    Due: 30 May (SYSCOHADA)

    DSF for FY 2025 is 4 days overdue. Late filing penalty 1M XOF + 1% per month. Lawyer escalation triggered — opening a matter with your Abidjan partner.

  • Senegal
    FYI

    RCCM Annual Update + CNDP renewal

    Due: 31 March

    Annual RCCM update and CNDP data-protection declaration renewal are aligned this month — both filings drafted from your registry of processing activities.

  • Cameroon
    Action soon

    CNPS Social Contributions (monthly)

    Due: 15th of following month

    CNPS contributions for last month due in 3 days. Payroll JSON pushed from your HRIS — reviewer must confirm headcount of 47 before payment.

  • Morocco
    FYI

    Loi 09-08 — CNDP declaration update

    Due: On change of processing

    New processing activity ('marketing automation via HubSpot') detected in your records. ALECS drafted the CNDP modification declaration — review and submit.

  • Egypt
    Action soon

    ETA Corporate Tax Return (Law 91/2005)

    Due: Within 4 months of FY-end

    Annual CIT return due in 21 days. e-Invoicing reconciliation complete; auditor sign-off pending. Final payment via the ETA portal.

What's next

Wire compliance into the rest of the stack.

Compliance monitoring is most useful when it talks to your contracts, your lawyer and your entity register.

Contract lifecycle

Pull renewal and termination windows into the same calendar as your statutory filings.

Lawyer marketplace

Escalate any missed or high-risk obligation to a bar-verified local lawyer in one click.

Business registration

New entities are added to the compliance calendar automatically the day they're incorporated.

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