Records last updated: 25 April 2024
Contact person: Mutale Mukuka
Current ongoing work
We have provided technical assistance to key implementing agencies such as the Financial Intelligence Centre, Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA), and the Master of the High Court (MoHC). This included reviewing relevant legislation and bespoke capacity-building sessions for the MoHC and BIPA.
Committed to one or more
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Following the launch of one or more beneficial ownership registers, a country is labelled as Live register.
Implementation details
Business and Intellectual Property Authority beneficial ownership register for companies and close corporations
- Name
- Business and Intellectual Property Authority beneficial ownership register for companies and close corporations
- Scope
- Full-economy
- Register launched
- 2023
- Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
- 25%
- Structured data publicly available
- No
- Published as BODS
- No
- Available via API
- No
Master of the High Court BO Trust Register
- Name
- Master of the High Court BO Trust Register
- Scope
- Full-economy
- Register launched
- 2023
- Structured data publicly available
- No
- Published as BODS
- No
- Available via API
- No
Commitment details
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- Namibia has started the legislative process for beneficial ownership transparency reforms. [08 February 2023] link to commitment
- Namibia has passed legislation to establish a central public beneficial ownership register and require companies/closed corporations to file their beneficial ownership information under the Companies Amendment Act 2023 and the Close Corporations Amendment Act 2023 [21 July 2023] link to commitment