9 months after the launch of the online business creation platform mon entreprise.bj by the Agency of Promotion of Investments and Exports (APIEx), Benin becomes N ° 1 world in the ease and speed to create a company in front of the New Zealand, Georgia and Hong Kong, China. Indeed, according to an article posted on the UNCTAD website on November 30, 2020 by Ian Richards, United Nations economist, Benin is the country where the creation process company is the fastest in the world. Launched in February 2020, few time before the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, mon entreprise.bj allowed APIEx to ensure the continuity without difficulty services related to the creation of a business, while respecting the preventive measures decreed by the Government to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The system put in place by APIEx leaders, is based on an overhaul of procedures, a securing of acts and a reorganization of the Single Window for Formalization companies. This platform, unique to by its functionalities, allows business promoters to register their companies online in ten minutes and receive in less than 3 the six (06) electronic certificates attesting to the creation of their companies, including: the extract of the Trade Register;the announcement legal publication;the attestation Unique Tax Registration (IFU);the importer card;the certificate of registration with the Directorate General of Labor (DGT);the certificate of registration with the National Social Security Fund (CNSS). The operationalization of mybusiness.bj was made possible by the support of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which supports since 2016 the efforts of the Government of the Republic of Benin to improve the business climate and promote the development of the sector private. This support from the Kingdom of Netherlands enabled APIEx to benefit from technical assistance from the UNCTAD for the realization of the platform mon entreprise.bj and the dematerialization of the business creation process. For Laurent GANGBES, the Director General of APIEx who has the daily responsibility of managing with its team the mon entreprise.bj platform, its operationalization allows make starting a business easy, transparent and accessible, and eliminate all administrative barriers that in the past could contribute to inconvenience for investors and developers business. He adds that the countries Africans are capable of being the best in many fields if they innovate, use rigor and method in the implementation of their development projects. The commissioning of this tool has enabled more than 15% growth in business start-ups and facilitate the creation of businesses for young people and women throughout the extent of the national territory. One of the elements that allowed to my business.bj to be a success is the support system that supports it, in particular the call center for assistance to business creators which was set up with the support of one of the world leaders in the customer relationship. This call center and its chat box device allows the APIEx to be in constant contact with users and ensure the diligent handling of their requests for assistance. The vision of APIEx today is to go further and provide all the services related to companies accessible through the mon entreprise.bj platform. Since 2016, the Government of the Republic of Benin launched a vast digital transition program and digital transformation of public services as part of the implementation of the Government’s Action Program. Myenterprise.bj is one of the parts of the digital transformation system that is being implemented in place to make Benin a modern country. This performance of one of the major tools of the system related to improving the business climate allow in Benin to assert itself in the eyes of the business community as a credible destination in terms of investment and to raise it to the same rank as the most efficient in the context of Doing Business.
