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30 Jan

Momo: Agent Accounts Not Link To Ghana Cards To Be Blocked On Feb. 1 – Telecos Chamber

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Electronic Money Issuers (EMIS) across the country have until the end of Wednesday, January 31, 2024, to collaborate with agents to link their accounts with the Ghana Card or TIN or have their SIM cards blocked. This directive was announced by the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications in a statement dated January 30, 2024. According to the chamber, this directive follows multiple extensive engagements with the leadership of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). In a statement issued on Tuesday, January 30, the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications noted that “All agent accounts without Ghana Cards will be blocked on the 1 of…

16 Apr

NCA Orders Telcos To Delink All Blocked SIMS From Its Databases By April 17

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Telecommunications companies have been ordered to delink all disconnected SIM cards from their databases by April 17, 2023. According to the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, telecommunication networks (AirtelTigo, MTN, and Vodafone) must comply with the directive received from the National Communications Authority (NCA) regarding the ongoing SIM registration exercise. The directive issued on April 13, 2023, is as follows: 1. All disconnected SIMs are to be delinked from all databases by Monday, April 17, 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, this included SIMs that were blocked in November 2022 for not having completed both stages of the sim registration. 2.…

14 Sep

SIM Card Registration: Over 2,000 Persons To File Suit Against NCA, Communications Ministry

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Over 2,000 aggrieved Ghanaians have registered their willingness to sue the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Ministry of Communications. This is due to what they describe as a poorly-organised SIM card re-registration exercise, which has been fraught with anomalies and challenges. Vice President in charge of Strategy at Imani Africa, Selorm Branttie, requested signatures of persons affected by the process who are also interested in being part of the class action lawsuit. He says the suit is already in the works and should be ready in the course of the week. “We are still putting the legal language together…

12 Sep

Blame Telcos For Unlawful Blocking Of Fully-Registered SIM Cards – NCA

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The National Communications Authority (NCA) has said it will not accept blame for the unlawful blocking of SIM cards that have already been fully re-registered. Although it has empathised with subscribers affected by the blockage, the NCA stressed that telecom operators should bear the full responsibility for the situation. The NCA’s Director of Legal Affairs, Dr Poku Adusei, noted that it is an error for such subscribers to have their SIM functions restricted since they do not fall within the purview of the punitive measures announced. There has been widespread complaints that SIM cards that have been fully re-registered have been blocked…