A Partner, Strategy and Transactions at Deloitte Ghana, Yaw Appiah Lartey, has called for a 'one-stop shop' platform for all government departments and agencies to enable businesses to undertake registrations and transactions with ease.

His call is on the back of a survey undertaken by the firm, where businesses called for a common platform to enable them to register, pay or undertake transactions with little or no stress.

Opening the Deloitte UKGCC Thought Leadership Series, Mr. Lartey, who, also doubles as the Africa Infrastructure Partner, said such a common platform will help businesses that are to undertake transactions with the Ghana Investment Promotion Center, the Ghana Revenue Authority and other government agencies or departments at the same time, do so without going to the institutions one after the other.

He, however, noted that there has been an improvement in digitalisation in some aspects of the country’s regulatory environment, highlighting the payment of taxes online.

“We want this to run throughout all other agencies and departments of government. That helps to improve the business community”.

He pointed out that the Deloitte UKGCC Thought Leadership Series is a platform for the industry and the business community to discuss issues that address challenges and proposed reforms to improve the business environment,

“It's a forum that will facilitate conversations, leading to recommendations for implementation to enhance the business environment”, he stated.  “These recommendations will feed into government reforms to unlock the full potential of the Ghanaian economy for businesses”.

“We must, as a group, governments, the private sector, come together to address challenges confronting the business environment. Some of them include addressing the regulatory issues, maintaining macroeconomic stability, and support to government from businesses".

The topic for the event was “Enhancing The Investment Climate in Ghana: The Role of the Government”.

The panel included Professor Ebo Turkson, Member of Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana; Kwame Kesses Agyapong, Head of Investments Promotion, GIPC; Osman Aziz, Senior Investment Officer, Venture Capital Trust Fund, Nicholas Jorgensen Gebara, CEO of Euro Chamber of Ghana and Wisdom Kpano, Partner at Deloitte, Tax and Legal.