Online business registration on the cards
Oageng Batenegi | Wednesday July 27, 2016 11:45
According to the assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development, Moiseraele Goya the system will be implemented during the first quarter of the 2017/18 financial year.
He was speaking in Parliament recently on behalf of the minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Vincent Seretse.
Goya said the system will be implemented through the business registry reform programme funded by the New Zealand government.
He said budgetary constraints make it difficult for CIPA to open offices around the country.
The assistant minister said through the online platform, CIPA will be providing the registration of companies and business names services, which will eliminate the need to open new offices across the country and for clients to travel long distances to access a particular service.
He was clearing confusion in the midst of supplementary questions from some Members of Parliament who made an impression that the system was already in place.
Gantsi South legislator, Christian De Graaf had initially asked the minister whether there are any plans to set up offices or satellite offices for the Registrar of Companies in the Gantsi district, citing the long distance that clients from the area endure when travelling to Maun and Gaborone offices.
Noah Salakae, Gantsi North MP, had also asked the minister what kind of contingency plans are in place for the people who cannot access the service online.
Meanwhile, CIPA, formerly the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (ROCIP), was established in 2011 to promote and enable full protection of the rights of investors and right holders.
“The administrative transfer of ROCIP to CIPA took place on 1st November 2014 and the transition phase is now complete,” Goya said.