International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 3

An Analysis of Bureaucratic and Legal Procedures to Start a Business in Zimbabwe

  • Author:
  • Kudakwashe Sithole
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 12 to 15

Zimbabwe Open University, Department of Management and Business Studies, Harare, Zimbabwe

Online published on 11 October, 2019.

Abstract

This paper looks at the ease of starting a business in Zimbabwe. It analyses the bureaucratic and legal procedures involved. The analysis was done using secondary sources of data. Results show that it takes an average of 91 days to register a business in Zimbabwe and the processes are cumbersome involving moving from one office to another. There is need for government to shorten the time by making use of Information Communication Technology.

Keywords

Bureaucracy, legal procedures, business formation