Biometric Sim registration in Ghana

Biometric Sim registration in Ghana
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Deployment Status	Planned
Deployment Start Date
Deployment End Date
Events	* uses Record type Property:Has event Start (21 November 2022, Documented, , No description)
City	Accra
Country	Ghana
Involved Entities
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Technology Deployed	GH Self SIM Reg
Information Certainty	Documented
Primary sources	1, 2
Datasets Used	Unknown Dataset 0136
Deployment Type	Voter & ID Registration, Crime Prevention, Fraud Prevention
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managed by	The Government of Ghana
used by	Ghana Police Service
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Information Certainty	0
Summary	Ghana is introducing mandatory biometric linkage to sim cards. From November 2022, sim cards which are not biometrically linked to a user will be disconnected from the network. The decision has been met with disquiet in Ghana due to issues of data protection. The reason for introducing such a protocol is purportedly to reduce sim fraud and thereby crime. The supplier of the fingerprinting service is not yet known, but the name of the app through which registration takes place is Gh Self Sim Reg.

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Information Certainty: Documented

Deployment Purpose: Crime Prevention, Voter & ID Registration, Fraud Prevention

Summary

Ghana is introducing mandatory biometric linkage to sim cards. From November 2022, sim cards which are not biometrically linked to a user will be disconnected from the network. The decision has been met with disquiet in Ghana due to issues of data protection. The reason for introducing such a protocol is purportedly to reduce sim fraud and thereby crime. The supplier of the fingerprinting service is not yet known, but the name of the app through which registration takes place is Gh Self Sim Reg.

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Products and Institutions:

Product Deployed	GH Self SIM Reg
Institutions ⠉	Government of Ghana
Datasets	Unknown Dataset 0136
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Status and Events:

Status	Planned
Events	Start (21 November 2022, Documented, , No description)
Start Date
End Date

Users:

Involved Entities
Managed by	Government of Ghana
Used by	Ghana Police Service

Location:

City	Accra
Country ⠉	Ghana

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In Ghana, mandatory biometric sim registration is being imposed. On November 30, 2022, non-biometric sims will be disconnected from the network.

Ghana’s Minister of Communications and Digitalization Ursula Owusu says there has been a noticeable drop in SIM card-related fraud in the country since the process to register SIM cards with biometrics began. 1

The Ghanaian government is introducing a self-service mobile application, with a fee, to fast-track the ongoing SIM card re-registration exercise in the country, according to a recent announcement by Ghana’s Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, reports local media. The announcement has been received with mixed feelings 2

It is also not clear who is supplying the app, but Ghana has hired a Kenyan firm in the past to provide a mobile application for biometric SIM re-registration by agents. A video report by Citi TV Ghana clearly depicts the collection of contactless fingerprint biometrics with an app, though the process is agent-directed, rather than self-registration. There are only a handful of developers providing software-based contactless fingerprinting technology, including Idemia, Telos ID, partners Integrated Biometrics and Sciometrics, Identy, Tech5, Veridium and Winning.I 2

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