With just over three months before the current SIM registration campaign ends, Ing. Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, says his members are dedicated to helping the government meet its ambitious goal of registering all SIM cards by the end of March 2022.
According to the government, the registration began in October 2021 with the goal of ridding the country’s online of scammers as well as monitoring and tracking down people who use their phones for illicit purposes.
Speaking on the ongoing registration exercise Dr. Ashigbey noted that if done right the SIM registration exercise will curb some of the issues in the telecoms sector.
“If you look at the history around SIM registration and the deadlines that have been put out in various markets, you realize that the deadline keeps rolling. But because of the engagements that happen between the various stakeholders in Ghana, there’s a lot of conversations that are going on to ensure this exercise succeeds. It is very important that we get this registration done right.”
“There are currently conversations around the E-Levy and multiple taxing, for example, some of these will be resolved if the SIM registration is successful and helps in bringing in a lot of the untaxed into the fold. The March deadline is very ambitious but as an industry, we will work with government to achieve the target,” he added.
SIM re-registration steps
Dial the shortcode *404#
Enter Ghana Card Pin ( Note: Enter letters and figures without hyphens)
Confirm Ghana Card Pin
Enter Surname
Enter First Name(s)
Enter Date of Birth (Format: DDMMYYYY)
Select Sex
Confirm Details
Submit Details Provided After Confirmation
Note:
1, If successful, you will get a confirmation message with a unique code
2, If unsuccessful due to wrong details, you have 3 attempts to answer security questions
A second stage of the registration process requires that users visit the office of their telecom service providers.
