Introduction

1. State Regulation of Business Activity

• 1.1 Policy Background
  
• 1.2 State Monopolies
  
• 1.3 Framework of Business Registration
  
• 1.4 Licensing system
  

2. Investment Incentives

• 2.1 Botswana
  
• 2.2 Malawi
  
• 2.3 Namibia
  
• 2.4 South Africa
  
• 2.5 Swaziland
  
• 2.6 Tanzania
  
• 2.7 Zambia
  
• 2.8 Zimbabwe
  

3. Public Procurement

• 3.1 Government Policy on Public Procurement
  
• 3.2 Efficiency of Government Payments System
  

4. Forms of Conducting a Business

• 4.1 Sole ownership
  
• 4.2 Partnership
  
• 4.3 Cooperatives and Companies
  
• 4.4 Law of business names
  

5. Company Law

• 5.1 Types of company available, their advantages and disadvantages
  
• 5.2 Foreign companies
  
• 5.3 Company formation
  
• 5.4 Management of a company: division of power between shareholders and directors
  
• 5.5 Directors
  
• 5.6 Disclosure and accounting requirements
  
• 5.7 Liquidation and Rescue Procedures
  

6. Conclusion

Appendix: Glossary of Technical Terms

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