USD / EUR / CDF / Kwanza / FCFA invoicing: the compliant solution for African forwarders
Surestaria natively handles invoicing constraints imposed by BCC in DRC, AGT in Angola, and tax requirements of the CEMAC and UEMOA zones.
Invoicing a client in USD, collecting in CDF, re-invoicing a shipping line in EUR, processing a payment in Kwanza: this is the daily reality of an African forwarder. On Excel, this is a constant source of errors. With Surestaria, it's native.
Country-specific invoicing constraints
DRC — Banque Centrale du Congo (BCC)
- Mandatory CDF display on any invoice issued in USD
- Mention of official exchange rate at the invoicing date
- Compliant conversion for tax declaration (IS, IBP, VAT)
- USD collections subject to specific rules
Angola — AGT (Administração Geral Tributária)
- Invoicing in Kwanza (AOA / KZ) for local operations
- Mention of USD equivalents for international trade
- Compatible with AGT and SAFT-AO requirements
CEMAC / UEMOA Zone — FCFA
- Central African FCFA (XAF): Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Chad, CAR, Equatorial Guinea
- West African FCFA (XOF): Senegal, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
- Fixed parity with EUR: 1 EUR = 655.957 FCFA
How Surestaria handles multi-currency
Entry currency & display currency
Each invoice is entered in the commercial currency (USD, EUR, CDF, AOA, XAF, XOF), and Surestaria automatically displays the equivalent in the reference currency at the day's rate.
Historical exchange rates
Surestaria preserves the full history of rates day by day. An invoice issued yesterday stays at yesterday's rate — no retroactive shifts. You can integrate the official BCC rate, BNA (Angola) rate, or parallel market rate per your policy.
Multi-currency on a single dossier
- A client invoice in USD or Kwanza
- A shipping line invoice received in EUR
- Local fees in CDF, AOA or FCFA
- A client payment in USD partially offset in local currency
Surestaria automatically consolidates the dossier's real margin in the reference currency.
Documents issued
- Proforma: quote for client validation before service
- Commercial invoice: issued after service, legal mentions per country
- Debit note: re-invoicing demurrage, unforeseen fees
- Credit note: client refund, correction
- Payment receipt: collection with currency split
Typical invoicing workflow
- The dossier is in progress
- You generate a proforma in USD for client validation
- Once service is complete, you transform the proforma into a commercial invoice
- The client pays in installments: 50% USD bank transfer, 50% in local currency
- Surestaria records both payments, recalculates the balance in USD at the day's rate
- If unforeseen demurrage, you issue an additional debit note
- Dossier closing with net margin in reference currency
Compliant accounting reporting
- Sales journal by currency
- Client outstanding by currency and global
- Realized and unrealized exchange differences
- Tax declarations per country
- Excel/CSV export to your accounting software (Sage, Ciel, etc.)
"With Surestaria, I know at any time how much each client owes me in USD as well as CDF. My proformas are ready in 30 seconds." — Forwarding office, Lubumbashi