SIM card registration deadline extended to July 31

The Ministry of Communication and Digitisation has extended the deadline for the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration to July 31, 2022.

The Ministry in a press release said this was to allow more than 7.5 million citizens and residents obtain their Ghana Cards to register their SIM cards.

According to the statement, “More time will also be required to update the SIM Registration App for the registration of diplomats, while a Self-Service SIM Registration App is also being developed to facilitate registration of SIM cards for Ghanaians resident abroad.”

“These issues make it imperative for the deadline to be extended to ensure that every eligible SIM card is captured and we produce a credible database by the end of the exercise,” the statement added.

The Ministry commended all Ghanaians and foreign residents in Ghana for their support in ensuring the development of a credible SIM database with integrity, which would help address issues of cyber fraud and promote secure SIM Card based transactions as part of our efforts to digitally transform the economy.

The SIM registration exercise began on October 1, 2021 and is expected to end on March 31, 2022.

As of March 17, 2022, 14,091,542 SIM cards had been linked to the Ghana Card, with 10,348,532 bio-captures conducted and 99,445 New SIMS registered.