The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced that Ghana will soon establish a bilateral ECOWAS roaming service with Togo, Benin, and The Gambia.
This initiative follows Ghana’s successful implementation of a similar pact with Côte d’Ivoire in 2023.
During a press conference in Accra on Sunday, February 18, 2024, the Minister, who also serves as the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, highlighted that Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire became the first ECOWAS countries to implement the ECOWAS Free Roaming initiative in June 2023.
Under the free roaming service, Ghanaian subscribers visiting Côte d’Ivoire will receive calls without paying roaming fees and will be charged Côte d’Ivoire’s local rates when making calls to Ghana while in Côte d’Ivoire, and vice versa.
Additionally, subscribers travelling between both countries will be exempted from international roaming charges.