The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has urged policymakers and regulators to ensure Ghana’s SIM registration process is insulated from political transitions.
Speaking at the 2026 celebration of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber, Sylvia Owusu-Ankomah, stressed that Ghana’s digital transformation agenda depends on a credible and robust digital identification ecosystem.
According to her, industry players are hopeful that ongoing engagements with the National Communications Authority (NCA) will result in a more seamless and technology-driven SIM registration process that addresses concerns raised during previous exercises.
“When we talk about digital inclusion, the fundamental place we need to start from is ensuring that our digital system or our digital ID system is robust enough for us to grow. It is robust and credible enough.
“Again, the fact that we have made some past calls which have not translated into the progress we want to see, I want to urge the NCA, as we take this journey again, we know you have been working closely with us, you will stay on that course, and that the recommendations that the industry has put forward will be taken into account.
“No customer wants to go through that process again. It is a painstaking one. Today, we know that we have the benefits of technology, and we know that all of that is being factored into the conversations to make sure it is seamless,” she said.
Sylvia Owusu-Ankomah further called for the current exercise to become the country’s final large-scale SIM re-registration drive, urging authorities to build a sustainable framework capable of continuous updates without disrupting subscribers.
“More importantly, I want to emphatically say that we need to get to a point where SIM registration should not be one that is played along politically, where for every change in political leadership, we need to start all over again.
“These are systems, they are updated, they can be upgraded for us to be able to have the same level of confidence in these systems. So I urge us as we go through this one, it becomes the final one, one that we don’t come back,” she stated.
Her comments come at a time when stakeholders across Ghana’s telecommunications industry continue to push for stronger digital identity systems to support financial inclusion, cybersecurity, mobile connectivity and broader digital transformation objectives.
Source : www.citinewsroom.com
