Licences and permits
Every licence, renewed before it lapses.
Registering a company lets it exist. A licence lets it trade. Most businesses hold more than one, each from a different authority with its own renewal date. A lapsed licence can hold up a bank account, a tender or a contract.
01 — The problem
Different authorities,
different dates.
The council that issues your trading permit does not talk to the regulator for your sector, and neither sends a reminder. In Botswana, for example:
Local authorities
Local business permits
BOCRA
Telecommunications and broadcasting
BERA
Energy and petroleum businesses
BoMRA
Medicines and medical products
NBFIRA
Non-bank financial services
02 — What you get
Every licence in one place,
with notice before it runs out.
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One list of what you hold
Record each licence with its issuer, number and expiry date.
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Notice before it lapses
Renewal reminders arrive by email alongside your tax and registry deadlines, early enough to act.
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The certificate, ready to share
Keep each licence in your Africa Documents vault. A licensed professional can attest it, and anyone you send it to can check it online.
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Help when you need it
Engage a licensed professional through the platform to prepare an application or renewal. They set their own fees, and the work and the signature stay theirs.
03 — Where it gets asked for
A current licence,
usually at short notice.
A bank
Opening an account
A buyer
Onboarding a supplier
A procuring entity
Evaluating a bid
Each asks for a current licence, and one that expired last month will not do.
04 — What we are not
Not a regulator.
Accountable Africa AI does not issue licences. Each authority sets its own requirements and fees, and they change. Confirm them with the issuing authority, or with the professional you engage, before you apply.
Keep every licence current.
We email you ahead of each renewal and each filing deadline, early enough to act on it.