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Rwanda Revenue Authority Going Electronic
17 Feb 2012 The Rwanda Revenue Authority is set to launch an online tax filing and payment system.
Mauritius to Modernise the Registrar of Companies
20 Jan 2012 The Government of Mauritius is set to modernise the Registrar of Companies.
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ICF Overview
The Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) works to improve the climate for investment in Africa by removing barriers to doing business.
A healthy investment climate is crucial for sustainable economic growth, job creation and poverty alleviation across the continent.
ICF is based in Africa and is an unique and unprecedented partnership between governments, private companies and development partners, exclusively focused on providing tangible improvements to Africa's investment climate.
Making Africa an even better place to do business
ICF aims to work with receptive African governments to make the continent an even better place to do business, systematically focusing on areas where practical steps can be taken to remove identified constraints and problems.
We have three primary objectives, namely to:
Build the environment for investment climate improvement by encouraging, developing and working with coalitions to drive through change, and by supporting dialogue between businesses and governments.
Get the investment climate right by working in partnership with governments to create a legal, regulatory and administrative environment that enables businesses of all sizes and at all levels to grow, invest and create jobs.
Encourage business to respond by improving Africa’s image as an investment destination by publicising improvements in the investment climate.
We recognise that improving Africa’s investment climate is a huge undertaking and are concentrating our efforts on eight priority areas that we believe will have the maximum impact and are central to creating a healthy business environment, namely:
1. Property rights and contract enforcement
2. Business registration and licensing
3. Taxation and customs
4. Financial Markets
5. Infrastructure facilitation
6. Labour markets
7. Competition
8. Corruption & Crime
ICF Project Activity
Modernisation of the Judiciary - Zambia
ICF supported the government of Zambia to digitalise the Judiciary.
Business Life Cycle Services - Cape Verde
A partnership between the government of Cape Verde and ICF enhanced administrative services for business registration, licensing and closure.
Computerisation of customs department - Liberia
A project in partnership with Liberia’s Ministry of Finance, has computerised the manual paperwork systems in the Customs House and Port of Monrovia and provided basic computer training to 110 customs employees on the new systems.
Tax dispute resolution - Mali
ICF is working with Mali’s government to improve the efficiency of tax dispute resolution.
