Category: Doing Business in Ghana

How to Start a Business in Ghana as a Foreigner
Doing Business in Ghana

How to Start a Business in Ghana as a Foreigner

YOU FIRST HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS AT THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES You could register your business under any of the three types of business entities in Ghana. These are Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships and Companies. For sole proprietorships, an individual owns and controls the business. There is no distinction between the business

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Doing Business in Ghana

Are You Entitled to Any Incentives and Guarantees as a Foreign Investor?

YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO SEVERAL INVESTMENT INCENTIVES AND GUARANTEES GRANTED BY THE VARIOUS INVESTMENT LAWS. SOME OF THESE INCENTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS:   Automatic Expatriate Quotas: These are indefinite work permit slots given as an investment incentive to companies registered at the GIPC.  Guarantee of free transferability of capital, profits, dividends and personal remittances: If

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Why Should You do Business in Ghana
Doing Business in Ghana

Why Should You do Business in Ghana?

GHANA HAS A STABLE AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT Ghana is one of the most stable democracies in Africa and has not recorded any interruption to democratic rule since 1992. Ghana is a key entry point into West Africa due to its peaceful and stable political environment. Ghana has held free and fair multiparty elections since

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