Business News of Friday, 10 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The RGD has engaged key stakeholders on improving business registration services to realise the Companies Act• The act is expected to simplify and streamline the procedures for business registration• It is being spearheaded by the Registrar General’s Department, SECO and the IFCGovernment through the Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) has held a major stakeholder engagement aimed at improving the efficiency of business registration services towards the Draft Implementing Regulations of the Companies Act 2019 (Act 992). The development comes after a Review Committee on the draft regulations have all been engaged for their input. According to the Registrar-General, Madame Jemima Oware, the Act is key towards simplifying and streamlining the procedures for business registration across the country. Current donors and partners supporting the Draft, Implementing Regulations of Companies Act 2019 (Act 992) include the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), who have provided technical and financial assistance. “However, it is the professional class-lawyers, accountants, company secretaries, who will use the law and its related implementing regulations.

Source: GhanaWeb September 10, 2021 16:07 UTC