750,000 Household digital addresses created

50,000 Individuals create address
Out of this number, only 50,000 individuals used the app to create their home addresses.
GhanaPost used ECG data to create 700,000 addresses
GhanaPost, in an effective collaboration, used data that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) uses to distribute bills of post-paid customers to create addresses for the households.
The 700,000 customers are in Accra and Tema, but plans are in place to extend it to cover all of Ghana.
Corporate Communications Manager, Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan-Bekoe told The Finder that with GhanaPostGPS, every location has a unique digital address. 
The digital address is a composite of the postcode, such as region, district & area code, in addition to a unique address. 
400, 000 Downloaded GhanaPost app
According to her, 400,000 Ghanaians have downloaded the app since the service was launched in October 2017.
4.5m unique activities performed 
She stated that the app has registered over 4.5 million unique activities since it was launched.
4,500 Items delivered with the system 
Osisiadan-Bekoe said the e-commerce business of GhanaPost has been revived, resulting in the delivery of 4,500 items.
100,000 Mobile money shops to get addresses
With the increasing fraud in mobile money, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and telecommunication companies are eager to use the system to crack down on unscrupulous agents.
As a result, she disclosed that GhanaPost is ready to create addresses for 100,000 mobile money shops.
500 Recruits to do house-to-house registration
She said 10 teams, each comprising not less than 50 members, have been recruited and tasked to move from house to house to help people download the app, teach them how to use it and create the addresses for those who cannot create for themselves.
National Identification Authority angle
He announced that when the National Identification Authority (NIA) commences registration, people without digital home address who visit the registration centres will return home with one.
This, she said, would be done with support from the locals in the vicinity of the registration centre who have been engaged to assist registrants to locate their homes on the GhanaPostGPS to create the address for them.
Offline mode for delivery services and to register rural population
She disclosed that GhanaPost is using the offline mode of the app to register people in rural areas, as well as for delivery services.