Compliance requirements for Ghana

Requirements for Starter Businesses

A government-issued form of identification — Passport, National ID card, Driver’s Licence or Voter's card.
Tax identification number.
Personal bank account number or personal mobile money number.
Your contact/business owner information.

All the information you provide must belong to the same person, i.e., the names must match all these requirements. If these details do not match, we cannot activate your account.

Requirements for Registered Businesses

For Ghana-based Registered businesses, we require different types of information from you based on your Registration type. We've outlined a brief overview of the different Registration types and the information we require below:

Registration type	Documents required
Company limited by shares	Certificate of Incorporation Form 3. This is the registration form for returns of particulars for the company limited by shares. Tax Identification Number. This is a unique identification number issued to taxpayers.
Unlimited company	Certificate of Incorporation Form 3. This is the registration form for returns of particulars for a company limited by shares. Tax Identification Number. This is a unique identification number issued to taxpayers.
Company limited by guarantee	Certificate of Incorporation Form 3B. This is the registration form for a company limited by guarantee. Tax Identification Number, which is a unique identification number issued to taxpayers.
External company	Form 21. This is the registration form for the particulars of an external company requiring a registration statement that there are no charges on the property. Form 20. This is the form for particulars of an external company requiring registration. Certificate of Registration. This certificate shows a business registered with the Registrar General's Department. Tax Identification Number. This is a unique identification number issued to taxpayers.
Sole proprietorship	Certificate of Registration. This certificate shows a business registered with the Registrar General's Department.

If you need any more help with submitting these documents, please don't hesitate to contact us via our contact form or email us at support@paystack.com.

Ghana GPS address

The GPS address is Ghana's official digital property addressing system, covering every part of the country to ensure accurate and easy location identification.

The national digital address comprises your postal code and your unique address. The first letter in the postcode represents your region of residence, and the second represents the district.

For example, for GPS address: GA-183-8164, 'GA-183' is the area's postal code, where 'G' is the region (Greater Accra Region), 'A' is the district (Accra district), and '8164' is the unique address.

The importance of GPS addresses

It provides an accurate address for every location in the country.
It makes communication easier during emergencies like fire, robbery, etc.
It helps to validate exact business locations on the map.
You need a GPS address to register for a Ghana card, which is the most common means of identification in Ghana.

How to get your GPS address

You can get the GPS address of your location in three ways:

The wall post of a building

You can find the digital address on some apartment buildings. It is usually posted on the front wall of the building. Here's an example of what this looks like below:

Ghana Post GPS app

You can get your GPS address from the Ghana Post app. Generating your digital address is straightforward once the app is downloaded to your phone from the App Store or Play Store. Kindly follow these steps to download your GPS address for the GPS app:

Ensure your phone’s location button is turned on.
Open the Ghana PostGPS app and click on the button.
Your unique address will appear next to the digital address, for example, GA-543-0125.

You can download the app from the Google Play Store if you use an Android device or the App Store if you use an iOS device.

Ghana Post website

You can also get your GPS address from the Ghana Post website. Once you visit the site, the GPS address of your current location is automatically shown on the screen of your device.

For more information on GPS addresses, you can visit the Ghana Post support page.