Set up a new business
From an idea to a registered, bankable business.
Setting up properly from day one makes everything after it easier: opening a bank account, signing contracts, hiring staff and getting licensed. We help you choose the right structure, prepare every document and deal with the agencies until your business is ready to trade.
What's included
- Advice on the right structure: sole proprietorship, partnership or limited company
- Name search, and registration with the Office of the Registrar of Companies
- Tax registration with the Ghana Revenue Authority
- Employer registration with SSNIT when you're ready to hire
- Registration with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre if the business has foreign ownership
- Introductions to banks, and help with the paperwork to open a business account
- A business operating permit from your local assembly
- Help finding an office or a business address
What you'll need
- A Ghana Card for Ghanaian directors and shareholders, or a passport for foreign nationals
- Two or three name ideas for the business
- A short description of what the business will do
- Details of the directors, shareholders and company secretary (for a limited company)
- A business address in Ghana, or we'll help you find one
Who it's for
- First-time founders
- Diaspora and returnees
- Foreign investors
- Sole traders becoming a company
How it works
- 1
Tell us what you need
Send the short form below. A Plug concierge calls you, free of charge, to understand your business and what it needs.
- 2
Agree the plan and fee
We explain the steps, the documents and the agencies involved, and agree our fee with you in writing before any work starts.
- 3
We handle it
We prepare the paperwork, deal with the agencies and keep you updated at every step until it's done.
Why people trust The Plug with it
One person, start to finish
A Plug concierge is your single point of contact. You won't be passed between agencies, offices and middlemen.
Fee agreed before we start
After a free first call we explain the steps and agree our fee with you in writing. No surprises later.
Official fees paid in your name
Government and agency fees go directly to the agency, with official receipts in your name. The Plug never holds your money.
Professionals where the law requires them
Where a lawyer, company secretary or chartered accountant must act, we bring in a licensed professional and tell you first.
Let's talk about your business
Tell us a little about what you're planning. A Plug concierge will call you to talk it through. The first call is free, and nothing is charged until you've agreed the fee.
