TIC TO LAUNCH ONE STOP ELECTRONIC SYSTEM CENTRE

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania Investment Center (TIC) will this weekend launch an electronic system to serve investors at a one stop centre known as Tanzania Investment Electronic Window (TIEW).

TIC Director of Department of Investment Promotion, Mr John Mnali told reporters in Dar es Salam on Tuesday that the inauguration would take place on Saturday and would be graced by the Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa.

He said TIEW has embodies integration of various systems of government institutions that are concerned with issuing permits and licenses to investors.

He said these institutions have integrated their systems that are used to register investors and issue permits and that in the first phase they will integrate seven institutions.

He said the system will connect the Business Registration and Licensing Agency (BRELA), Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), TIC for the issuance of licenses and investment certificates and the Labor Commissioner for work permits, Immigration for work permits.

He mentioned other institutions that will be connected to the system as the National Identity Agency (NIDA), the Ministry of Lands, Housing & Human Settlements Development for land to serve foreign investors who will need land.

“For this phase, the investor will be entering one system when he starts the registration of the company, he will continue to apply for various permits through the system and his previous information that the investor will have provided such as his name, the name of the company, the owners of the company, that information will be available to all government institutions without having to provide that information every time,” said Mnali.

Mr Mnali said that the system will make it easier for the investor to get various permits and licenses within a short period of time unlike what was the case before the system.

He said that through the launch, they also hope to launch a guideline that will be used by service providers for investors, as some investors request registration services while they are abroad.

“There are times when an investor is abroad and wants to register a company or get a license, so on the day of the launch of the new window, we will also launch a guideline for these people who provide these services to investors, this service is known as Investors Service Providers Guidelines,” he said.

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