Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing Lesotho

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The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho is committed to creating an enabling regulatory and administrative environment in which business can operate. To this end, the Government has initiated the One-Stop Business Facilitation Centre (also known as the One Stop Shop).

The Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation (BEDCO) is a parastatal of the government of Lesotho that was established by an Act of Parliament: BEDCO Act No.9 of 1980 (as amended) mandated “to promote the development of Basotho-owned enterprises and of Indigenous entrepreneurial skills and for connected purposes.

The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) is the main parastatal of the Government of Lesotho charged with the implementation of the country’s industrial development policies.