In reducing human interference and turnaround time associated with business registration, GCNet deployed a business registration portal for the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) that allows for the online registration of businesses.

Of the total business registrations, online registrations at RGD saw a tremendous growth over the last 5 years.

The e-Registrar Portal is integrated with the GRA e-tax portal, and both make use of the Tax Identification Number (TIN) to distinguish portal users. A key feature of the business registration portal is the generation of an online business registration certificate (e-Certificate) designed to provide flexibility, transparency and accountability for Ghanaians and other users. This translates in the ease of company and business registration in Ghana.  Other public services facilitated by the e-Registrar include online name search and reservation, regulatory filing, change in particulars, conversions and e-Payments.

For an overview of RGD’s (online) services go to the e-registrar portal

About our partner RGD

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is mandated by the Government to ensure an efficient and effective administration of entities inter –alia the registration of businesses, industrial property, marriages, administration of estates, and public trustees, to provide customer friendly services and accurate data for national planning. It was established under the Ordinance 1950 during the Colonial days and later became a department of the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General in 1961.

The Registrar General’s Department seeks to be a highly progressive department that efficiently serves its customers; thereby becoming a strategic partner to all businesses and stakeholders with a mission to ensure efficient and effective administration of entities inter-alia the registration of businesses, industrial property, marriages, administration of estates and public trust, provide friendly services and accurate data for national and economic development.

It aims to become a highly progressive department that efficiently serves its customers by becoming a highly strategic partner to businesses and stakeholders.

The partnership with GCNet has seen the automation of the processes of the RGD to transform it into a world class business registration institution with a pivotal role in the government’s agenda to digitize its machinery to deliver better services to the citizenry.