CHIEF Justice of Tanzania, Prof. Ibrahim Hamis Juma has asked the Business Registration and Licensing Agency (BRELA) to connect the Court to the Agency's database in order to be able to quickly access registered companies information when it is dealing with matters concerning companies.

He made the appeal over the weekend in Dar es Salaam when he visited the BRELA pavilion at the ongoing 48th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair in Kilwa Road in Dar es Salaam.

Prof. Ibrahim Juma said that the integration of the database will enable the Court to know the existence of the company and if it has updated its information to the Registrar, it will help to decide whether to proceed with the case or stop, if the company has not updated its information to the Registrar.

In addition, the Chief Justice congratulated BRELA for improving the delivery of its services through online which has made it easier for many citizens to register their businesses.

He said the world is going digital, so government institutions should transfer their activities to digital systems to simplify services.

At the official opening of the exhibition, BRELA emerged the third overall winner and was awarded trophy by President Samia Suluhu Hassan who was accompanied by the President of Mozambique, Felipe Nyusi.

Speaking after being awarded the award, the Chief Executive Officer of BRELA, Geofrey Nyaisa, said that trophy gives them encouragement adding that they are going to make more visible changes.

"This number three position and being awarded by President Samia is proof enough that BRELA has come a long way to where we are today, so we evaluate ourselves from where we are and where we are going and I promise Tanzanians better service," he said.

"We are grateful that only two people have led us, last year we did not even get this position, so where we are going, we want to see what we have achieved is reflected in our daily work and I call on business stakeholders to come to us because we provide all the services available in our office," Nyaisa said.

He said that BRELA has gone to the exhibition to work and that all the executives who were staying in the office have come to work on registering companies or obtaining licenses and providing them to those who need them instantly.

He said what helped them to hold that position is that they have put most of their things on digital systems and do not work on paperwork, which has made the service easier.