How to get your GPS address in Ghana

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, as highlighted below:

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:

1. Ensure your phone’s location button is turned on.
2. Open the Ghana PostGPS app and click on the button.
3. 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.

Business registration document

If you have registered your business with the registrar's general department (RGD) and have your certificate and registration documents, you may also find your GPS address on your Form A (for sole proprietorship) or Form 3, in the business address section. Here's what it looks like:

Please note that the digital address section is only available on the registration documents for businesses registered after 2017, when the digital address system was launched in Ghana. For businesses registered before this time, you can explore the other means listed above to get your GPS address.

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