Baguba/harari-pcc-portal1

# MCIT Professional Competence Certificate Portal A production-ready, bilingual (Amharic/English) web portal for the **Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT)** of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, designed specifically for the **Harari Region**. The portal implements the **Revised Directive No. 1/2007 E.C.** that defines the professional competence requirements for businesses operating in the Communication and Information Technology (ICT) sector, under Commercial Registration and Business Licensing Proclamation No. 686/2002, Article 30(3). --- ## What this portal does A business owner picks the **business license category** they operate in (45 fixed options, no free text), sees exactly what they must have to qualify — required staff qualifications, facility, equipment, and documents — and submits an application. MCIT staff then review and verify the application through the admin portal. ## Key features ### Public portal - **Home** — Hero, how-it-works steps, activity-type groups, legal-basis summary, latest news, CTA - **Categories directory** (`/categories`) — All 45 fixed ICT sector license categories, searchable, filterable, grouped by activity type (Manufacturing, Wholesale, Retail, Repair, Import, Export, Postal & Courier, Telecom Services, Computer/Software Services, ICT Consulting) - **Category detail** (`/categories/[code]/[num]`) — Full description + four requirement checklists (Personnel, Facility, Equipment, Documents) + **interactive Eligibility Self-Check tool** with completion %, "Ready to apply" status, and persistent progress (localStorage). For the 2 monopoly categories (national postal #25, national telecom #28) the checklist is replaced with a prominent notice that the field is reserved for the state enterprise - **Application form** (`/apply/[code]/[num]`) — Applicant info (individual or organization), address, TIN, per-category document upload fields, mock file validation, confirmation screen with reference …