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July 17, 2012

Starting a Business in Kenya

Starting a Business in Kenya
Here's a quick guide if you are thinking of starting up a business in Kenya. It takes about 26-36 days to register your business and it cost about KES 16,500 to KES 17,500 or $196 to $210. Below is a detailed summary of the process and procedure plus the associated costs if you are to incorporate and register a new firm in this economy. Currently, Kenya ranks 109 among the countries rank by DoingBusiness.org.
Step
Procedure
Time to Complete
Associated Costs
1
State registration of legal entity, statistical, and tax registration with the Center for Public Registration
3  days
KES 100 per name reservation
2
Stamp the memorandum and articles and a statement of the nominal capital
5  days
1% of nominal capital + KES 2,020, stamp duty on Memorandum and Articles of Association
3
Pay stamp duty at bank
1 day
KES 100 bank commission
4
Declaration of compliance (Form 208) is signed before a Commissioner of Oaths /notary public
1 days
KES 200
5
File deed and details with the Registrar of Companies at the Attorney General's Chambers in Nairobi
7- 14 days
KES 6,436
6
Register with the Tax Department for a PIN and VAT online
1 - 2 days
no charge
7
Apply for a business permit
5 days
KES 5,000
8
Register with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF)
1 day
no charge
9
Register with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF)
1 day
no charge
10
Register for PAYE
1 day
no charge
11
Make a company seal after a certificate of incorporation has been issued
2  days
between KES 2,500 and KES 3,500

 Source:  DoingBusiness.org

July 17, 2012 by Admin · 0

Starting a Business in Nigeria

Here's a quick guide if you are thinking of starting up a business in Nigeria. It takes about 38 days to register your business and tt cost about NGN 110,000 to NGN 165,000 or $687 to $1,000.

Below is a detailed summary of the bureaucratic and legal hurdles faced by entrepreneurs wishing to incorporate and register a new firm in this economy.  This is based on the study of DoingBusiness.org sponsored by World Bank and IFC whose objective is to provide objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. It examines the procedures, time and cost involved in launching a commercial or industrial firm with up to 50 employees and start-up capital of 10 times the economy's per-capita gross national income.

This information was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection was completed in June 2011. Currently, Nigeria ranked 133 out of the 183 countries examined by the organization.

Step
Procedure
Time to Complete
Associated Costs
1
Check the availability of company name with the Corporate Affairs Commission
5 days
NGN 200 application form
2
Prepare the requisite incorporation documents and pay the stamp duty
7 days
0.75% stamp duty paid on capital
3
Notarize the declaration of compliance (CAC 4)
1 day
NGN 500
4
Register the company with the Corporate Affairs Commission & pay fees at the bank desk at CAC
11 days
NGN 59,592 legal fees +NGN 500 incorporation forms + NGN 20,000 Incorporation fees (an extra NGN 50,000 for same-day processing) + NGN 500 for each additional copy of Memorandum and NGN 500 for additional copy of the Articles of Association stamped + NGN 3,000 for certified true copy of memorandum and articles of association + NGN 2,000 for certified true copy of particulars of directors +NGN 2,000 for certified true copy of particulars of shareholders.
5
Register with the Federal Board of Inland Revenue Department of the Ministry of Finance for income tax and VAT
4 days
no charge
* 6
Register for personal income tax PAYE at the State Tax Office
2 days, (simultaneous with previous procedure)
no charge
* 7
Receive inspection from local government
7 days, (simultaneous with previous procedure)
no charge
8
Pay fees at a designated bank
1 day
NGN 18,500
 
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

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