DealPME resource centre
Analyses, playbooks and tools backed by cited sources, to prepare and carry out the transfer or acquisition of an SME across Francophone Africa.
Official sources first
OHADA, WAEMU, BCEAO texts and multilateral institutions come first.
Native French and English
Each resource is written in both languages.
OHADA and WAEMU where relevant
The legal framework is cited where it applies, with its limits.
Dates, scope and limits
Each page says when it was reviewed and how far its evidence goes.
The path of a transaction, in eight steps
Seller corner
See what lies ahead before you open your accounts or start a negotiation.
I am thinking
Am I Really Ready to Sell My Business?I am preparing
The Confidential Sale PlaybookI qualify buyers
The Serious Buyer PlaybookI negotiate
The Seller Deal Terms PlaybookI transfer
The Closing Readiness PlaybookBuyer corner
Frame your project before searching for a target, hiring advisers or making an offer.
I define my project
The Buyer Readiness PlaybookI search
The Acquisition Thesis PlaybookI assess
The First-Look Buyer PlaybookI prepare an offer
The Price Discipline PlaybookI run due diligence
The OHADA SME Due Diligence PlaybookI acquire
The SME Acquisition PlaybookFour moments of a transaction, and the topics each one raises.
To read · Article
Transaction readiness means making facts, risks and evidence understandable - not pretending they have disappeared.
Published 24/09/2026 · Reviewed 24/09/20266 min read
To use · Playbook
Organise evidence, reduce surprises and prepare an SME before controlled transaction disclosure
Published 24/09/2026 · Reviewed 24/09/202614 pages
In-depth articles and operational playbooks, filterable by profile, stage, topic and geography.
14 resources
Playbook
Prepare evidence, remediate gaps and reach governed review without confusing preparation with certification.
Reviewed 24/09/202614 pages
Playbook
From acquisition thesis to closing: a gated process for decisions with more evidence and less drift.
Reviewed 24/09/20269 pages
Playbook
Build a controlled, auditable and revocable data room for due diligence.
Reviewed 24/09/20268 pages
Playbook
An evidence-first framework for turning document requests into transaction decisions.
Reviewed 24/09/20269 pages
Playbook
Compare price, payment, financing, conditions and execution risk in one coherent term architecture.
Reviewed 24/09/20268 pages
Playbook
Every important figure states its source, period, scope and, where needed, its limits. Sources are ranked by authority.
61 verified claims across 28 published resources.
Official and regulatory
OHADA uniform acts, WAEMU texts, BCEAO, public administrations.
9 sources cited
Multilateral
World Bank, IFC, AfDB, OECD: frameworks and comparable data.
7 sources cited
Professional and academic
Firm studies and research, with their caveats.
2 sources cited
Platform rules
How DealPME is governed, presented as such.
These resources explain; they do not replace legal, tax or financial advice, nor a formal valuation. DealPME does not take sides in transactions.
Build executable funding around cash flow, evidence and closing conditions.
Reviewed 24/09/20269 pages
Playbook
Stabilise information, protect liquidity and select a governed route before the crisis selects one for you.
Reviewed 24/09/202614 pages
Playbook
Control conditions, financing, documents, funds and evidence through executable completion.
Reviewed 24/09/202611 pages
Playbook
Align family, ownership and management before opening a transaction.
Reviewed 24/09/202610 pages
Seller corner
Disclose enough to progress, never more than necessary.
Reviewed 24/09/202612 pages
Seller corner
Separate interest, capacity and commitment before opening more information.
Reviewed 24/09/202611 pages
Seller corner
Compare the economics and risk of an offer, not only its headline price.
Reviewed 24/09/202612 pages
Buyer corner
Eight blocks for deciding where to investigate before an LOI.
Reviewed 24/09/202612 pages
Buyer corner
Test value, cash, financing and downside without inventing a market multiple.
Reviewed 24/09/202614 pages
