ORC Storms Jubilee House: Registrar Briefs Veep on Big Push for Business Formalisation

The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) in Ghana has launched a nationwide outreach program to encourage business formalization. Registrar Maame Samma Peprah met with Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang to discuss strategies for simplifying registration and supporting the national economic agenda.
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Formalizing businesses is a critical step for developing economies to increase tax compliance, provide legal protections for entrepreneurs, and improve access to credit.
The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has stepped up its national outreach drive with a high‑level engagement at Jubilee House, where the Registrar, Mrs. Maame Samma Peprah, Esq., led a delegation to pay a courtesy call on Her Excellency the Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku‑Agyemang, on Thursday, 16th July 2026.
The meeting, held at the Office of the Vice President in Accra, formed part of the ORC's nationwide push to deepen business formalisation, expand company registration, and strengthen collaboration with key government actors driving Ghana's economic transformation agenda.
Mrs. Peprah used the opportunity to brief the Vice President on the ORC's mandate, ongoing reforms, and strategic initiatives aimed at bringing business registration services closer to citizens, entrepreneurs, and investors. She highlighted the Office's nationwide business registration and sensitisation clinics, which are targeting the informal sector to boost compliance and encourage entrepreneurs to formalise their operations.
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