abstract:OHADA is a system of business laws and implementing institutions adopted by seventeen West and Central African nations. OHADA is the French acronym for "Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires", which translates into English as "Organisation for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa".
OHADAoverseeseightbusinesslaws (generalcommercial, secure transactions, company law, arbitration, debtrecovery, bankruptcy, accounting and transportationof goods by road).