{"id":1907,"date":"2017-10-19T18:04:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T18:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gtechbooster.com\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2025-12-20T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:00:16","slug":"ghana-digital-addressing-system-officially-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/ghana-digital-addressing-system-officially-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana digital addressing system Officially Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Digital Addressing System for The Republic of Ghana was officially launched yesterday by President Akufo Addo at a press conference in Accra. The location-based system which will&nbsp;divide Ghana into grids of <strong>5m x 5m<\/strong> squares and assign to each, a unique address, known as a digital address (DA) is officially going to be the defacto standard for location information in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gtech-migrated-from-ad-inserter-placement-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-2915973409\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-1811187245\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/17207\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asaasegps.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AsaaseGPS<\/strong><\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrifanom.com\/index\">Vokakom (Has changed name to Afrifanom)<\/a>addressing system company is the known name behind this new system. The officially launched location system application is named \u201c<strong>GhanaPostGPS<\/strong>.\u201d which is the mobile app name for AsaaseGPS branded with a new logo and change in name from AsaaseGPS to GhanaPostGPS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reason for the change of name remains a puzzle that would be solved in the coming days; rumors suggest a possible spearheading of the project by Ghana Post which may be the reason to the change of name. Time would tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped alignwide wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2017\/10\/ghanapost3-1.png\" alt=\"GhaanPostGPS\" data-id=\"1913\" class=\"wp-image-1913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2017\/10\/ghanapost3-1.png 506w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2017\/10\/ghanapost3-1-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> <strong>GhanaPostGPS<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2017\/10\/ghanapost2-1.png\" alt=\"GhaanPostGPS\" data-id=\"1912\" class=\"wp-image-1912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2017\/10\/ghanapost2-1.png 506w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2017\/10\/ghanapost2-1-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> <strong>GhanaPostGPS<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2017\/10\/ghanapost1-1.png\" alt=\"GhaanPostGPS\" data-id=\"1911\" class=\"wp-image-1911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2017\/10\/ghanapost1-1.png 506w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2017\/10\/ghanapost1-1-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> <strong>GhanaPostGPS<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hear come the addressing style of GhanaPostGPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanapostgps.com\" target=\"_blank\">GhanaPostGPS website<\/a>, the above picture is the format for the new addressing system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter \u201c<strong>A<\/strong>\u201d refers to the region of the location (Ashanti Region), and \u201c<strong>K<\/strong>\u201d refers to the district (Kumasi District) \u201c<strong>5028<\/strong>\u201d is the unique address within the postal code. The Postal Code and the Unique Address come together to form the unique digital address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&nbsp;The address above is for the Kumasi Main Post Office. In a deconstructed form, AK-039 is the postal code for the area, <strong>A<\/strong> refers to the region of the location (Ashanti Region), while <strong>K<\/strong> refers to the district (Kumasi District), 5028 is the unique address within the postal code. The Postal Code and the Unique Address come together to form the unique digital address.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanapostgps.com\/#about\">Ghana Post website<\/a>. The GhanaPostGPS Mobile App is available in the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.ghanapostgps.ghanapost&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Google Playstore<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/ghanapostgps\/id1296627307?mt=8&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4\" target=\"_blank\">iOS App store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The digital address is ON. We are soon going to miss the plantain seller at the junction \ud83d\ude42 LoL.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gtech-end-cont\" id=\"gtech-1016377414\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-3616402031\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/17207\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Addressing System for The Republic of Ghana was officially launched yesterday by President Akufo Addo at a press conference in Accra. 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