5. INVESTOR PROTECTION
Ø Investors generally assume that when they invest
money in a legal business they will get a return on their
investments.
Ø Company registra?on is one form of providing
guarantees or insurance that investments made will not
be lost- through fraud.
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8. FAIR COMPETITION AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Ø Compe??on law and investor protec?on are
both concerned with making guarantees,
safeguards and enforcement.
Ø Investors require compe??on; removal of
restric?ve business prac?ces; and fair
compe??on requires certain guarantees too.
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11. CONCLUSIONS
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Ø Fair compe??on and consumer welfare are
served by a well func?oning corporate registry
Ø In Botswana, CIPA is facilita?ng fair
compe??on by collabora?ng with the CA
Ø Botswana is made a[rac?ve to poten?al
investors through the establishment of market
regulatory frameworks such as CIPA and the CA