Industry Reports
The data behind African business
Original research built on official company registries, formation trends, sector landscapes, geography and survival. The numbers nobody else publishes, source-stamped and free to cite.
The State of African Business 2026: One Million Companies, Analysed
The flagship: 1,006,104 company records across 20 registries. Formation up ~8× since 2000 (robustness-checked within single registries), only 49% confirmed active, half a million public contracts, and five country snapshots.
Read the report →The State of Business Formation in Tanzania 2026
How company formation in Tanzania grew ~40× since 2008, where businesses incorporate, which sectors are booming, and how many survive, from the official BRELA register.
Read the report →The Mauritius Company Register in 2026: A Complete-Coverage Study
The complete register, all 227,000 companies, read sector by sector and cohort by cohort: what gets registered, what's growing, and which dissolutions are planned offshore wind-downs vs. genuine closures.
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Reports are built from official company registries indexed by Fylings, with the source, coverage and date stated in each. Figures reflect each registry's public record as indexed by Fylings.