Legal model of the African affiliates

Local majority. Group strategic control.

PIPRA Africa Holdings holds 40% of each national affiliate, while local shareholders hold the local economic majority — under a strong contractual framework guaranteeing unity of brand, technology, governance and compliance across the group.

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Standard capital architecture

Local anchoring, group control, team motivation.

The recommended standard model per affiliate enables three things at once: local anchoring, strategic control by the group, and operational motivation for country teams.

40%PIPRA Africa Holdings
Brand, technology, IP, standards, strategic oversight

40%Strategic local shareholders
Market access, institutional relationships, business development

10%Local institutional and sector partners
Local credibility, key sectors, standards, distribution

10%Management and local ESOP
Motivation of the country team

Plan

Target percentages of the standard model.

The 40 / 40 / 10 / 10 structure is the recommended standard model. Under Mauritian law, shareholder rights, share classes, investment decisions, management rights and exit strategies can be organised in a shareholders’ agreement, subject to the mandatory provisions of the applicable law.

What the holding controls

The holding retains the critical assets.

Centralised asset	Ownership
PIPRA brand	PIPRA Africa Holdings
Local brands: PIPRA Chad, PIPRA Côte d’Ivoire, etc.	Held or controlled by the holding
Patents	PIPRA Africa Holdings
Software / platforms	PIPRA Africa Holdings or a dedicated IP company
CAMTRADE PASS / Chain4Real / RealMeds / WarePro / Kuyil	Holding / group technology company
Aggregated strategic data	Group control, with local compliance
Technical standards and compliance	Holding
Country deployment methodology	Holding

The shareholders’ agreement: the central weapon

Because the holding will not always be majority in capital, the agreement creates a contractual strategic majority.

Plan

Reserved matters — require the holding’s consent

Change of brand
Change of business model
Issue of new shares
Entry of a new investor
Disposal of strategic assets
Amendment of the articles
Significant debt
Partnership with a competitor
Transfer of critical data
Sub-licensing PIPRA technology
Change of local managing director
Opening new local branches
Acquisition or merger
Liquidation or dissolution

Mandatory strategic veto over

The brand
The technology
Compliance
Standards
Data
Institutional partnerships
Public contracts
Relations with banks
International partnerships

Exit rights

Pre-emption right
Right of first refusal
Tag-along
Drag-along
Anti-dilution clause
Forced exit for serious misconduct
Buy-back of a defaulting local shareholder’s shares

Brand and technology licence

The agreement is not enough: a Master Brand, Technology & IP Licence.

Each affiliate signs with PIPRA Africa Holdings a licence to use the PIPRA name, logos, platforms, methodologies, software, standards, APIs, AI tools, blockchain architectures and compliance procedures.

The licence is exclusive in the country if performance is respected; revocable for serious misconduct; conditional on compliance with the brand manual, the technical standards and payment of royalties; and prohibited from sub-licensing without the holding’s agreement.

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The economic model between holding and affiliates

Recurring revenue from every affiliate.

For the holding to create value, it must earn recurring revenue from its affiliates. The model is consistent with the Mauritian holding as financial and strategic centre, and must respect substance rules: a Global Business company must be effectively administered and controlled from Mauritius, with resident directors, a main bank account and accounting records kept there.

Flow	Beneficiary	Description
Brand royalties	PIPRA Africa Holdings	Use of the PIPRA brand
Technology licence fee	PIPRA Africa Holdings / IP company	Use of the platforms
Group service fee	PIPRA Africa Holdings	Strategic, legal, financial and technical support
Revenue share	Holding + affiliate	On certain large contracts
Dividends	Shareholders	After local results
Data intelligence fee	Holding	Use of aggregated dashboards

Plan

Role of local shareholders

“Local shareholders must be masters of their market.”

Local shareholders control

Market access
Institutional relationships
Cultural understanding
Sales cycles
Commercial partnerships
Local recruitment
The relationship with producers
Chambers of commerce, professional federations, local authorities
Media and national campaigns

They do not control

The brand
The IP
Technical standards
Group compliance policy
Consolidated strategic data
Pan-African agreements
Group investor policy

Group Representative

Not to block local teams — to guarantee strategic alignment.

In each country the holding appoints a Group Representative / Country Supervisory Representative, who may be an affiliate director, a permanent board observer, the group compliance director or a special agent of the holding.

Missions

Protect the PIPRA brand
Control compliance with standards
Supervise major contracts
Validate sensitive partnerships
Report performance data
Ensure group compliance
Support the country director
Represent the holding on the local board
Coordinate with Mauritius
Prepare investor reporting

Recommended local governance

Local legitimacy, pan-African coherence.

Position	Appointment
Chair of the local board	Strategic local shareholder or consensus representative
PIPRA Africa Holdings representative	Mandatory
Local managing director	Local, operational
Technical / digital director	Validated by the holding
Institutional lead	Local
Compliance lead	Validated by the holding
Group observer	Optional but recommended

The major point of vigilance

Align everything — or the holding could be a capital minority without real protection.

In every country, align

The articles of association
The shareholders’ agreement
The brand licence contract
The technology licence contract
The group services contract
The data policy
The ethics charter
The operating manual
The powers matrix
The reporting policy

A federated pan-African model: local ownership of the market, strategic control by the holding, national sovereignty respected, unified continental standards.

The affiliates belong locally to the market; the strategic, technological and institutional DNA belongs to PIPRA Africa Holdings.

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