The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC), led by the Registrar of Companies, Mrs. Maame Samma Peprah, has paid a courtesy call on the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Her Excellency Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, as part of efforts to strengthen collaboration towards deepening business formalization and expanding company registration across the country.
The meeting provided an opportunity for the Registrar of Companies to brief the Vice President on the Office’s mandate, ongoing reforms, and strategic initiatives aimed at bringing business registration services closer to citizens, including the nationwide business registration and sensitization clinics being undertaken to promote formalization, particularly within the informal sector.
The Registrar reaffirmed the Office’s commitment to supporting the Government’s agenda of creating a more inclusive, transparent, and vibrant business environment by ensuring entrepreneurs across the country have easier access to business registration services.
Welcoming the delegation, Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang commended the Office for its dedication to improving Ghana’s business environment through innovative outreach and public education initiatives, and encouraged the Office to continue simplifying business registration processes and consistently showcasing its achievements, reforms, and outreach activities.
The Vice President was accompanied by Mr. Alex Percival Segbefia, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Dr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Policy Adviser (Political); Professor Theresah Ennin, Presidential Staffer and Special Aide to the Vice President; and Ms. Maame Ama Pratt, Press Secretary. Mrs. Peprah was accompanied by the Deputy Registrar of Companies, Mr. Benjamin Zigorsh-Nyakpenu; Mr. Kwesi Owusu-Abrokwa, Director of Administration; Mrs. Rebecca Aryeetey Smith, Head of the Legal Directorate; and Mrs. Love Kessewaa Yeboah, Head of the PPRME Directorate.
The courtesy call reaffirmed the shared commitment of the Government and the ORC to promoting business formalization, improving the ease of doing business, and creating an enabling environment for enterprise growth and national economic development.
