Investing In Ghana

Ghana is gradually positioning its self as the preferred investment destination on the African continent. AS part of effort to ensure that the country becomes the industrial and economic hub within Africa, various effort have been put in place to ensure that companies and institutions seeking to do business in Ghana are given the necessary assistance to help them succeed. These efforts have paid off tremendously with Ghana being ranked the best place for doing business in West Africa, ahead of Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire, according to the 2017 Ease of Doing Business Report. Ghana ranked 108, an improvement from the 111th rank in the previous report. The indicators as described in the report include: getting electricity (moved from 122 in 2016 to 120 in 2017), resolving insolvency (moved from 158 in 2016 to 155 in 2017) & trading across borders (moved from 167 in 2016 to 154 in 2017). 

Business Process Design Ltd helps existing companies and start-ups seeking to enter the Ghanaian business environ through the bureaucracies and understanding the Ghanaian legal and regulatory system, company registration, obtaining corporate and Individual Tax Identification Number (TIN), understanding the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) requirement, obtaining business operating permits and licenses for various industry within Ghana including Petroleum Commission (PC), National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Ghana Institution of Engineers (GHIE), Ghana Architectural Institute (GAI), as well as Land acquisition and leasing processes. It is imperative that foreign companies as well as local companies seeking to start business in Ghana understand the legal and regulatory framework such as various legislative instrument that govern including Act, 179 (Companies Code of Ghana), Act 896 (Income Tax Act), Act 791 (Ghana Revenue Authority Act), Act 490 (Environmental Protection Agency Act), Act 503 (Free Zone Act) and many other regulations that will enhance starting and growing a business in Ghana.