What HAR-CHE is
HAR-CHE Business Solutions Ltd is a London-based corporate intelligence and due diligence firm focused on the DRC, Guinea and Francophone Africa.
The work sits in the gap between the file and the ground. We investigate companies and their ownership and operating claims through official records and local enquiries. Findings explain what the evidence supports and what remains unconfirmed.
Founder and Managing Director Harouna Cherif brings 15 years of regional experience and long-standing relationships in the DRC, Guinea and wider Francophone Africa.
He founded HAR-CHE in 2020. Today, the firm’s focus is independent company research and local enquiries for business decisions and professional investigations. Harouna scopes assignments and oversees the research and review of findings, working with experienced local associates.
He works in French and English, and in Lingala, Swahili, Soussou and Manding.
Assignments are led from London. The people and methods used for each enquiry depend on the location, language and evidence required. Local knowledge helps identify where to look and how to understand an answer. Source accounts are assessed against their basis of knowledge and the other evidence available.
HAR-CHE has no financial interest in the transactions it examines. We do not broker deals or introduce partners, and we take no success fees and no payment from a company we are checking. Conflicts are checked before an instruction is accepted.
The DRC and Guinea are our core jurisdictions. Work elsewhere in Africa is assessed country by country for access and delivery capability.
In May 2026, Harouna spent two weeks on the ground in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Likasi, Kolwezi and Kasumbalesa.
Contact
Engagements are contracted through HAR-CHE Business Solutions Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 13037911.
The scope and delivery timetable are agreed in writing before work begins. Commercial terms are discussed privately.
Phone: +44 7512 819 399
Email: contact@har-che.com