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The Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) for Communication and Digitisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has cautioned that all unregistered sim credit cards will be blocked by Dec.
In a Facebook post, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said the decision in order to re-register sim cards is usually part of measures to clamp upon cybercriminals hiding behind the particular anonymity of digital techniques to commit antisocial functions.
She added that programs are far advanced to make the Nationwide Identification card (Ghana Card) the only national identity credit card for all identification and company purposes in the country.
“It is becoming imperative that we clamp upon cyber criminals hiding at the rear of the anonymity of electronic systems to commit antisocial acts, and the Sim re-registration exercise is a key part of that will campaign.
“All SIM credit cards and SIM-enabled devices will be re-registered from June plus end in December. All unregistered sims will be blocked. Programs are far advanced to make the Nationwide Identification card (Ghana Card) the only national identity cards for all identification and company purposes.
“My ministry can also be working to improve access to online connectivity across the country with rural telephone and digital inclusion tasks which will see the construction associated with 2016 solar-powered cell websites in unserved and underserved rural communities.
At the CEO’s summit, I told the particular participants that, digitization may be the only way to ensure totally free trade across the continent that an enabling system designed for trade financing using digital means. We are poised to provide. ”