Accounting Software — SYSCOHADA, IFRS, multi-country, in the cloud

Why KiboERP Accounting?

Most accounting software was designed for European frameworks (French PCG, international IFRS). For an African SME, this means non-compliant charts of accounts, financial statements that must be rewritten manually, and no support for DSF or TAFIRE. KiboERP was built differently: SYSCOHADA is the starting framework, not a late-stage adaptation.

Six pillars of African accounting compliance

• Full OHADA-AUDCIF 2018 chart of accounts. All classes (1 to 9), all post-reform normalized accounts, configurable by industry sector.
• DSF financial statements in one click. Balance sheet (Assets / Liabilities), income statement, TAFIRE (Cash Flow Statement) and annexe notes automatically generated from accounting entries, exportable as PDF or Excel for tax authority filing.
• Multi-currency and automatic exchange rates. FCFA UEMOA, FCFA CEMAC, Congolese franc, EUR, USD and any other currency with automatic market rate revaluation.
• IFRS 16 leases — already implemented. Accounting treatment for lease contracts (right-of-use asset, lease liability, associated amortization) in accordance with IFRS 16 — a feature absent from virtually all local accounting software in Africa.
• Multi-entity consolidation. Aggregate several subsidiaries or accounting files into a consolidated balance sheet. Essential for groups, holding companies and accounting firms managing multiple clients.
• Automatic reconciliation and bank matching. Intelligent matching of customer/supplier accounts, bank reconciliation via statement import (OFX, CSV), automatic discrepancy detection.

SYSCOHADA-AUDCIF 2018 — Complete coverage

The 2017 AUDCIF reform (effective from 2018) profoundly modernized the OHADA framework. KiboERP implements this revised version in its entirety, including new account classes, consolidation criteria, and enriched annexe statements.

17 OHADA countries covered

The KiboERP chart of accounts is valid in the seventeen OHADA member states:

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Comoros
• Congo
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Equatorial Guinea
• Mali
• Niger
• DR Congo
• Senegal
• Chad
• Togo

Normal System and Minimal Cash System

KiboERP supports both systems provided for by SYSCOHADA:

• Normal System — for large companies and structured SMEs: full balance sheet, detailed income statement, TAFIRE, annexe notes.
• Minimal Cash System (SMT) — for very small entities: simplified cash accounting, streamlined financial statements.

Full DSF — Balance sheet, P&L, TAFIRE, Annexes

The Synthetic Tax Files (DSF) required by OHADA tax administrations are generated automatically:

• Balance sheet (fixed assets, current assets, liabilities)
• Income statement (income and expenses by nature)
• TAFIRE (cash flows using the indirect method)
• Annexe notes (depreciation policy, off-balance sheet commitments, subsidiaries…)

PDF and Excel export ready for filing with the DGI or relevant tax authority.

VAT, tax declarations and FEC

Automatic VAT declaration

KiboERP continuously calculates output VAT (on sales) and input VAT (on purchases) from posted accounting entries. At period-end (monthly or quarterly depending on the tax regime), a pre-filled summary is available:

• Gross output VAT by rate (18% UEMOA, 19.25% Cameroon, reduced rates…)
• Deductible input VAT broken down by purchase type
• Net VAT payable or credit to carry forward
• PDF / Excel export for e-filing or desk submission

FEC — Accounting Journal File

The FEC is the standard exchange format required during tax audits in France and progressively adopted in other African countries. KiboERP generates a compliant FEC exportable at any time, covering all journals for the selected period and directly readable by audit tools (ACL, IDEA, CaseWare…).

Corporate tax, payroll taxes and local levies

Tax parameters are configurable by country: corporate income tax, payroll taxes, advance payments. Year-end adjusting entries are automatically generated by the annual closing workflow.

IFRS for groups and international subsidiaries

IFRS standards are mandatory for listed groups and recommended for African subsidiaries of multinationals. The vast majority of local accounting software ignores this dimension. KiboERP addresses it with two key features.

IFRS 16 — Lease contracts

IFRS 16 requires the on-balance-sheet recognition of virtually all lease contracts: vehicles, commercial premises, equipment. KiboERP manages:

• Automatic calculation of the right-of-use (ROU) asset
• Lease liability and amortization schedule
• Interest expense and depreciation entries over the lease term
• Remeasurement in case of contract modification

SYSCOHADA → IFRS conversion

For groups that must produce two sets of financial statements (SYSCOHADA for local compliance, IFRS for group consolidated reporting), KiboERP provides an automated restatement engine. Treatment differences (inventory, fixed assets, leases, revenue recognition) are configurable by the finance controller without duplicate data entry.

Use cases

Multi-client accounting firm

A firm manages multiple accounting files from a single interface. Each client has an isolated environment (chart of accounts, journals, access rights). The firm can produce all clients' DSF statements at year-end and export FEC files for audits. The On-premise version is most appropriate: local deployment, no cloud dependency, data hosted on the firm's own servers.

Growing SME

An SME that starts with invoicing and cash management can activate the accounting module once it reaches the tax threshold. Sales, purchase and treasury entries are already in the other modules; the accounting module picks them up automatically via automatic journals. VAT is calculated without re-entry.

African subsidiary of an international group

The subsidiary maintains its books in SYSCOHADA to meet local obligations and simultaneously produces IFRS reporting for group consolidation. Multi-currency covers transactions in local currency and in euros or dollars. The consolidation module aggregates balance sheets from different group entities across Africa.

Bank or financial institution

Financial institutions have data sovereignty requirements and specific charts of accounts (SYSCOHADA adapted to the banking sector). KiboERP's On-premise version can be deployed in the institution's own datacenter, with a customized chart of accounts and granular access roles for accounting, internal audit and statutory audit teams.

Accounting software comparison

Classic alternatives (Sage, Cegid, Xero, Odoo) were designed for European markets. None natively support SYSCOHADA-AUDCIF or produce the DSF statements required by OHADA tax administrations.

Indicative data based on public pricing grids and official vendor documentation as of Q1 2026. KiboERP is the only solution natively integrating SYSCOHADA with a complete 2018 chart of accounts and automated DSF/TAFIRE financial statements.

SaaS or On-premise: which option is right for you?

KiboERP is available in both deployment modes, with exactly the same accounting features. The choice depends on your operational context, regulatory constraints and IT resources.

For On-premise deployment, KiboERP provides a Docker package with installation documentation, database migration scripts and integration support on the client's infrastructure (Linux, Windows Server).

See detailed plans and pricing or contact the On-premise team.