MTN Ghana has a lot of Data options available for almost every need. Although many people might say that their bundles are costly (and yes, they are), choosing some particular offers is usually beneficial over the others.
I dread the GHS 3 bundle so much, especially now that you won’t get a bonus on it if you do not subscribe via the MyMTN App.
For all those looking forward to tomorrow’s Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day holiday, MTN is giving you a good offer for browsing and streaking with all your family and friends.
If you are going to be on the road, you can use this data to stream music on Spotify or YouTube. The mobile data has no restrictions at all. It’s the MTN Holiday/Special Day Bundle, and we will walk through how you can subscribe to it.
How to subscribe to the MTN Holiday Bundle
Before you subscribe to the MTN Holiday Bundle, make sure you have at least GHS 10 airtime, then follow the instructions below:
Under subscriptions, tap on “Get 2.5GB of Data on Special Days.”
Choose “Subscribe”
You will receive a message showing that you have successfully subscribed to the Holiday/Special Days Bundle
Kindly note that the data costs GHS 10, and you can not subscribe to another subscriber. Also, the data is valid for 24 hours (only the holiday) and can not be carried forward to another holiday.
Conclusion
This data bundle from MTN Ghana is worth it if you are primarily on your office’s wifi and will need a higher bundle pack for this holiday. Hopefully, there are more holidays/special days so we can get to enjoy this bundle more.
Nowadays, everyone is interested in satellite television and DStv is one of the popular options. For many who use DSTV, one monthly hurdle is how to recharge their DStv online or on their mobile phones.
Today, we will walk you through how to successfully recharge your DStv account and enjoy uninterrupted service without the need to go to any of the MultiChoice offices in Ghana.
Here are the current DStv packages available in Ghana. Keep in mind that, you can upgrade or downgrade your subscription depending on your needs.
DSTV Packages in Ghana
There are Six (6) DStv Ghana packages. See them below with their price per month and the number of channels on each package.
DStv Ghana Premium Package costs GHS 330/month with 185 Channels.
DStv Ghana Compact Plus Package costs GHS 205/month with 172 Channels.
DStv Ghana Compact Package costs GHS 135/month with 165 Channels.
DStv Ghana Family Package costs GHS 70/month with 139 Channels.
DStv Ghana Access Package costs GHS 40/month with 124 Channels.
DStv Ghana Great Wall Africa Bouquet GHS 50/month with 12 Channels.
Now that we have looked at the various packages available, let’s turn our attention to how to recharge our DStv subscription online or via mobile in the different options listed below:
How to Recharge DStv with MTN Mobile Money
To recharge your DStv with MTN Mobile Money, you will need to register for Mobile Money. In the process, you will be asked to choose a four-digit secret code which you will always use to make Moblie Money Transactions.
Dial *170# on your MTN Device
Select option 2 (pay bill).
Select DStv.
Enter the Smartcard number.
Input reference number (eg June 2019 Subscription).
Enter Amount.
Enter the secret code.
You will receive a confirmation message from MTN.
How to Recharge With DStv Eazy Self Service
The DStv Eazy Self Service is a self-care service my MultiChoice to help with paying, upgrading and downgrading DStv subscription as well as troubleshooting some issues that may come up with the decoder as well.
Here are the detailed steps on how to recharge with DStv Eazy Self Service:
Enter the appropriate amount as per your subscription/the subscription you want to change to
Click “Make Payment” and enter your card details
You will receive a message and prompt that you have successfully recharged your DStv account.
How to Recharge DStv with eTranzact
eTranzact enables you to pay your DStv subscription directly from your bank account by using your bank’s mobile banking service. If you have an account with the following listed banks, then register your phone for your mobile banking service.
You will be given specific instructions to make DStv payments. (GCB, ACCESS, FIRST ATLANTIC, BOA, WOMEN’S WORLD BANKING, MIDLAND, ENERGY, UBA, Zenith)
Follow the steps below to complete a successful account payment on the E-tranzact platform:
Visit etranzact.com
Click on “PAY DStv”, on top of the main menu. You will be redirected to the payment page.
Then click on DStv
Enter the payment details and submit.
You will receive a confirmation message once this is done.
How to Recharge DStv with Airtel Money
By default, every Airtel Sim Card has Airtel Money. If you don’t already have the AirtelMoney feature, you need to activate it first. To activate and recharge your DStv, follow the steps below
Go to Airtel Money.
Go to my account, Choose change Pin.
Enter old Pin which is a default number 1234
Enter new, Then your SimCard will be activated for Airtel Money.
Select the Airtel Money icon on your phone. Select “pay bill”.
Choose other and Type “DStv”.
Type amount in GHS.
Enter Pin Code.
You will be asked for reference Type your IUC number there.
You will receive a confirmation message on completion. This same procedure works for Tigo Cash and AirtelTigo Money.
A pop-up with your details will show up, click on “Confirm”
Select your preferred subscription package
Select your preferred payment option (MTN Mobile Money, Airtel Money, Visa/Mastercard, SlydePay, Tigo Cash, Vodafone Cash)
Enter your wallet number and click on “Pay”
Wait to confirm the transaction
How to Recharge DStv with Express Pay
You can pay for your DStv subscription or put money in your Box Office account using the ExpressPay app.
To download; go to your phone’s app store and search ExpressPay or visit expresspaygh.com
Apart from the methods discussed above, there are also traditional methods to pay your DStv subscription. Check them out below
How to Recharge DStv at UBA
You can pay for your subscription at your nearest United Bank for Africa (UBA) branch or you can pay using U-Bills. Follow these simple steps to pay using U-Bills:
Visit the U-Bills website and click the register button www.ubills.com.gh.
Fill in your details, agree to terms and conditions and register.
Go to their email and confirm your account by clicking on the verify account link.
Go back to the UBills website, login, settle the service you want to pay fo.
Input amount.
Select payment mode (visa or master card).
Input your card details
Click pay.
The amount will be debited and you will receive a confirmation message.
How to Recharge DStv at Multichoice Offices
You may pay for your subscription at any of our MultiChoice offices:
Accra – No. 8 Basko Lane, Abelenkpe
Tema – Ground floor, Giann Towers, Community 11, Tema
Kumasi City Mall
Takoradi – Tigo Building, Axim Road
Please call 0302740540 for more information on the DStv/MultiChoice offices.
Google search operators are some of the basic, yet often overlooked features of the search engine. As defined by Moz, “Google search operators are special characters and commands (sometimes called “advanced operators”) that extend the capabilities of regular text searches.”
Knowing a couple of these operators can greatly impact the quality of your search results positively.
Why Google Search?
Google is the world’s biggest search engine, and mastering it, with these google search operators will help you gain control of your search results. Achieve more in less time.
In this post, we look at 4 of these search operators you should be using every day to get the results you need. About two years ago, while on a volunteer programme, I taught a woman 4 of these search operators and she remarked it changed the way she searched on Google.
First, let us do a generic search (a search without any operator) so we look at the results without any operator. I would go with the term: Teenage pregnancy in Ghana (don’t ask me why!).
The various Operators
Results for generic search: teenage pregnancy in Ghana
Without the use of any Google Search Operators, the “normal” results just come out
The results that are displayed are general results relating to teenage pregnancy, searched and displayed according to Google’s algorithm. Let’s now take a look at our first Google Search Operator.
“Search Term”
This operator searches for the exact phrase within speech marks only. This is ideal when the phrase you are using to search is ambiguous and could be easily confused with something else, or when you’re not quite getting relevant enough results back. For example: Let’s now search for “Teenage pregnancy in Ghana”
If you want to be 100% sure that only results with a specific key phrase are shown, you need to put them in quotation marks.
The difference between this and the first result is that it searches for the exact phrase “teenage pregnancy in Ghana” in the exact same order you typed it. The quotation marks or “search terms” helps you remove any irrelevant results from the search engines.
Search deep into a website by using “site:”
This one is very easy to use. Just put the domain name immediately after the colon. It is especially useful if you want articles on a subject from a particular site. Let’s say I want to search for articles relating to teenage pregnancy on Ghanaweb.com
The “site:” operator searches only within a given domain – delectable when you want to only search within the confines of a particular site, this time Ghanaweb.com
Combine Google Search Operators
You can use these search operators together for more refined results. Let’s make a search with the “site:” and “search term” operators. We type exactly this in Google Search: site:ghanaweb.com teenage pregnancy “western region”. What this tells Google Search is to search only on the website ghanaweb.com for articles that contain teenage pregnancy, but the term “western region” should be present in the result in the same order.
This means that if there was an article and “western region” was written as “West of Ghana”, that result would not show up.
Getting a grip on the Google Search Operators? There are a lot more of them you should look out for. However, experiment with these two and see if they make any difference in your search life.
Got a question? Drop it in the comment section below.
The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD) has launched the National SIM Card Registration Exercise across Ghana.
Starting today, to be able to register a SIM Card in Ghana, every mobile subscriber is required to provide the name and residential or occupational address, date of birth; and Certificate of Incorporation, in the case of a body corporate; or registration, in the case of a partnership or an unincorporated body of persons; and an identification document.
Only the National Identity Card (Ghana Card) issued to an individual can be used for the registration of SIM cards of Citizens. Also, foreign Residents and foreigners staying in Ghana for more than 90 days are to use the Ghana Card for their sim registration.
For those foreigners visiting Ghana for a short period, they can acquire a SIM Card using their Passports or Travel Card but they can only use the SIM Card for 30 days after which it will be deactivated. Foreigners intending to use a SIM Card for more than 30 days will have to obtain the Non-Citizen Ghana Card to do so.
All existing subscribers to mobile networks can register their SIMS via USSD and a SIM registration App (which is yet to be provided).
You can now register (or re-register) your Ghana SIM card (MTN, Glo, Vodafone, AirtelTigo) to your Ghana Card by using the official shortcode (USSD) *404#.
How to register your SIM Card with Ghana Card
Follow the steps below if you want to do the SIM Card re-registration in Ghana so that you update your details and keep your number safe.
Dial *404# on the SIM Card you want to register
Enter Ghana Card PIN (Enter letters and figures without the hyphens)
Confirm Ghana card PIN
Enter your Surname, First Name and other names
Enter your Date of Birth in the format DDMMYY
Select your Sex
Confirm details
Submit the details provided after confirmation
Visit your Service provider (Agent Customer Care) to complete the registration.
If the shortcode is not working, it is because there is a lot of pressure on it. You have up to the end of March 2022 to complete the registration. You can also check early in the morning or late at night to do the update.
Note:
The shortcode for SIM Card registration in Ghana is *404#
If successful you get a confirmation message with a unique code
Due to wrong details, you have 3 attempts to answer security questions
If Unsuccessful due to verification failure at the National Identification Authority (NIA), you will be informed to contact the NIA.
Why it is important to re-register/Update your SIM Card
Here are some reasons why you should register your SIM Card with the Ghana Card right now:
All unregistered SIM Cards will be de-activated/blocked by the end of March 2022. Therefore, you need to do this exercise to keep your number safe.
It helps keep everyone else secure from scammers since the registration database will be up to date The new SIM Update will help reduce phone related crimes like prank calls, cyber-crime, mobile money fraud, and its related issues and general security
It enables subscribers to be properly identified for the use of value-added services such as mobile banking, mobile money, and electronic payment services.
The new SIM Registration update will help the law enforcement agencies to identify the SIM card owners, track criminals who use phones for illegal activities, curb incidents such as phone theft, hate text messages, mobile fraud activities, inciting violence, and combat crime such as SIM Box fraud.
Conclusion
Follow the steps outlined in this article to link your Ghana Card and your SIM no matter the network you are on. If you don’t have a Ghana Card, you can apply for one here.
Most Ghanaian Graduates who have successfully completed their National Service will look forward to receiving their certificates. When done right, you can use the tutorial below to print your NSS certificate, you can request for it to be delivered to your home.
In this article, we will walk you through how you can apply/request for your NSS certificate and then have it delivered to your doorstep wherever you are in Ghana.
As with all processes of the National Service Scheme (NSS), there are some prerequisites in order for you to apply and receive your NSS Certificate via a delivery courier.
Prerequisites to print your NSS Certificate & Have it Delivered
To have your NSS Certificate sent to you/printed, you should have completed the following before, during and after your time as an NSS Personnel as applicable
Completed all 12 months of the mandatory national service.
Filled and Submitted all assessment forms (including the annual assessment) and have been assessed fairly by your immediate supervisor or Head of the User Agency where you served.
Have a valid NSS Number
Have a working email address and phone number
Have a valid National ID
Be available to pick up NSS Certificate upon delivery.
Steps to request for your National Service (NSS) Certificate to be delivered to you
Enter your NSS Number in the box click on “verify” to verify it
On the next page, you will see your personal details as well as details of your NSS; check to be sure they are correct and click on “continue”
Next, choose from your preferred means of identification, enter the ID Number and click “Proceed”. Options available are: Voter’s ID, Passport, Drivers’ License, New Drivers’ License and SSNIT
You will be presented with a photo of your ID. Check if it is correct and click on “proceed”
Next, choose your country (Ghana) and the GhanaPostGPS address you want the NSS certificate to be delivered to. You can get your Ghana Post GPS address by following this tutorial.
Next, fill in your email address and phone number and click “next”
On the next page, sign the “Consent to Release Information from Education Records” form
Agree to the Terms Of Use & Privacy Policy of Ghana National Service Scheme
Next, allow cash out on your phone then enter your MoMo number and make your payment. You can also pay via ExpressPay
When the certificate is loaded, click on print and either print or save as a PDF for later.
Please note that this method only works if you have requested a certificate delivery prior.
Conclusion
Whether you did your National Service in the private sector or with any of the statutory agencies, you can use the method above to request your NSS Certificate with ease. If you have any questions, be sure to leave them in the comments section below and we will answer them.
Hisense phones, released by Hisense are a lot of very good android smartphones this year. Find the list of all released phones below.
Visit a Hisense Showroom to get Dustproof, Waterproof and Shockproof smart Hisense phones whilst stocks last. With unbelievable features and specs, and limited stock, hurry to avoid disappointment. Alternatively, you can request for your Hisense phones on Mfidie.com
If you are looking for the 2021 Hisense Promo on phones, click below.
Hisense phones range from the King Kong Model to more generic models like the J5 in the photo above.
The Prices of a Hisense phone ranges from GHS 500 to somewhere around GHS 1600. This depends on the model of the phone. Most of their phones are however heavily resistant to shock and have an IP67 certificate.
These phones produced by Hisense also run on Android Versions 5.0 and above. They are great budget phones for the everyday person. They have very good designs that are easy to impress people.
Every day, leaving home, residents of Australia and the whole world take mobile phones with them. These devices are indispensable today for us in work matters, quick solutions to issues, or just communication with close ones. In addition, they can bring joy and fun, allowing you to make money in the best casino app. In 2021, the gambling business has become quite successful and widespread. Every user wants to have fun with fun slot machine heroes or classic games without visiting Las Vegas. Fortunately, players have a good alternative in the form of a slot machine based on proven software. To help players choose the best software, we have collected the best android apps.
Features of the game on mobile
Today the mobile sphere is constantly and rapidly developing, bringing new technologies. Gaming software developers are already creating online slots for the best apps for android. It allows you to always be in touch with your favourite entertainment, played by 60% of Australians. Leading gambling sites offer users a seamless gaming experience. We are talking about the best free apps for your smartphone or pads, which do not block the device, do not make it warm up, and do not require a lot of memory to install.
Thanks to HTML5 technologies, each slot available on the online casino website from a computer works equally well on gadget displays. You just need to find a suitable establishment for which our top apps rating for Android gadgets was created. It will open access to the full functionality of the casino, including the general collection of slot machines and other profitable games. But it is important to choose an establishment from the list of the best apps to download because the popularity of mobile casinos has made scammers increasingly fake customers of gambling establishments.
Remember! Gambling can be addictive. If you or your family members have such problems, you can get help here.
How do applications work?
Today, the Android mobile operating system is still considered the most popular. About 96% of the world’s portable gadgets run this OS. It forced the developers of slots to devote time to adapting their gambling machines to work on Android phones.
The principle of operation of the mobile version after downloading to the device doesn’t make any difference from ordinary applications. Personal settings of visual parameters and interface are available for you. It makes the casino client easy to use with their fingers on the touchpad. To save space, the appearance of the online casino from a PC and on the phone may differ, where you will see only the most important elements and keys.
To use the functionality of the applications, follow these steps:
Go to the official website of the online casino or the Play Market.
Find the Mobile version tab or write a name in the store search bar.
Select an application for Android OS or click on the casino name in the Google Play Market.
Download .apk to your phone and open the file through a special manager.
Wait until the installation of the casino application is complete and open it from the shortcut on the home screen.
Register or log in using your username and password (thanks to the Omni Channel technology) with which you entered the web version from your computer.
7 best apps Australia
To help players at the stage of choosing an online casino mobile application, our experts have formed a rating:
True Blue Casino App – is a gambling establishment with the opportunity to get 55 free spins for registration. It has been operating since 2006 and meets the gambling needs of players around the world. The online casino site has a collection of 510 slots, where 400 of them are slot machines. And if you want to take a break from the spin of the reels, go to the bookmaker’s office on the same site and place a bet on any sporting event or play poker.
Roo Casino App has a good reputation in Australia, where thousands of customers praise the club for its large selection of 1,000 slot machines via the program. The site also gives out a profitable welcome bonus that will increase the initial deposit by 100%. Gifts for online casino deposits and cash-back are nice. The establishment has existed since 2016 and has received awards more than once, for example, the Gaming Intelligence Award.
Spin Casino is a reputable gambling platform that players came to know in 2001. Here the gaming collection includes top developments from giants Microgaming, NetEnt live dealer games manufacturer -Evolution Gaming. The site with slot machines for mobile has licensed MGA resolution and eCOGRA RNG certificates, confirming an average return of slots of 95.56%. It also encourages newbies to register and give out bonuses.
PaddyPower Casino is a well-known online casino in Australia that has been making money for players since 1988. At first, the service accepted bets on sports events and then decided to add slot machines to the list of services. The casinos licensed in the UK and Malta offer Australians a welcome bonus of up to $50 and free spins. There is a large collection of slot machines with 1,500 titles. The application contains the entire list of games available in a browser from a PC.
Royal Vegas is a popular Android casino with an attractive starting bonus of 120 free spins. It is part of the well-known operator Fortune Lounge Casino Group, which is licensed in Malta. The establishment offers a comfortable application with games from Micro gaming, as well as profitable bonuses for regulars from a mobile phone. The set of games from a smartphone includes 500 slot machines, and classic table games and slots with a progressive jackpot.
Jackpot City – attracts the attention of users from Australia with the opportunity to get 50 free spins for registration. The casino has been operating since 1998 and is very popular in gambling circles. The operator of the online club is licensed by the Malta Gaming Commission, as well as a verified RNG by the eCOGRA laboratory. Connoisseurs of slots will find 630 game models. To increase the probability of winning, bonuses for 4 deposits are used, which will bring you $1,600.
Royal Panda Casino is an establishment that pleases players with 10 starting free spins and the opportunity to play at minimum bets. The gambling site appeared in 2014 and offered players the best software from such giants as NetEnt, ELK, 1×2 Gaming, Microgaming, Thunderkick. The casino licensed by Malta rewards players with a 100% first deposit bonus up to $ 100 and weekend bonuses. It allows you to earn a lot on the 3600 slots of the gaming hall.
Benefits of a mobile app
As we have already said, online casino clients offer their fans a full-fledged functionality and gameplay of slots without changing the picture quality. The casino client is installed even on the old version of Android phones and works easily on budget models.
Having a downloaded application on your smartphone or pad will allow you not to miss out on profitable bonuses. Players will keep in touch and continue participating in tournaments and lotteries just like they did in a standard PC casino.
Other benefits of a mobile app include:
Simplified navigation due to the stripped-down interface, where only slot machines and important buttons for managing the service are stored.
Bypassing blocking by automatically searching for up-to-date mirrors, which is especially necessary when the establishment is frequently updated, new games are added, or there are problems with the server.
Availability of bonus and promotional offers for installing a casino client app on the phone.
Comfortable control using the touchpad and fingers on the couch, no keyboard, mouse in an uncomfortable office chair.
Availability of a demo mode of slot machines, as it was available in a casino from a PC.
Complete selection of HTML5 slots, card games, table games or live games with live dealers.
Safe play due to the use of the same protective services ensures fairness and transparency of the game from the computer.
Minimum requirements for a smartphone or pad, as well as the launch of slots on low-speed Internet.
Round-the-clock support for players right on the screen of mobile phones.
The most important advantage remains mobility, that is, the ability to take your favourite slots with you.
Which is better: app VS playing in a browser?
Some players prefer to launch slot machines without downloading and installing a casino application for playing for money. But according to statistics, most gambling connoisseurs prefer to install the application. It allows you to use bonuses on time and receive gifts for playing on new slots. Updating the assortment of the establishment from the browser will take time, and access will be temporarily unavailable.
Some fans of the browser version of slots hint at clogging up the phone with various casino applications. However, we want to inform you that they take up a maximum of 20-50 MB of free space. Considering the average mobile phone size of 4-16 GB, this is just a little. Moreover, applications do not strain the phone and do not make it warm up, they require a minimum of RAM, which cannot be said about the running browser Google Chrome or Opera.
Remember, you need to look for casino apps from our list. It features verified and licensed clubs that guarantee the safety of gambling.
At any point in time, you may need a shortcode for services on MTN, Tigo, Vodafone, Airtel, or Glo. Today, Mfidie.com brings you the most important and most requested USSD shortcodes for all the networks in Ghana.
Airtel Ghana Shortcodes
Airtel Ghana
Shortcode
Check your airtel mobile number
*703#
Customer Care
100
Borrow Data
*554#
Instant Data Recharge
*126 *Scratch Card PIN#
Call Me Back
*701*NUMBER#
Caller Tunes
Send START To 6060
Blackberry Plans
*440#
Airtel Money
*500#
Check Your Number
*703#
Check Number Registration
*400#
Number Portability
send PORT To 600
Glo Ghana Shortcodes
Glo Ghana
Shortcode
Know your Glo mobile number
1244
Customer Care
121 or 100
Service Information
*124*2#
Bonus Balance Enquiry
*124*1#
Tariff Information
*124*3#
Data Bundle Activation
*127#
Borrow Airtime
*5321#
Family & Friends
*125*1#
Check Number Registration
*400#
Number Portability
Send PORT To 600
MTN Ghana Shortcodes
MTN Ghana
Shortcode
Check MTN network mobile number
*156#
Customer Care
100
MTN Pulse
*567#
Internet/SMS Bundles
*138#
To Borrow Credit
*506#
MTN Nkomode (Free After 1 Minute)
*550# (Option 6)
Caller Tunez
Dial 1355
Unsubscribe Caller Tunez
Send STOP to 1355
Mobile Money Acces Code
*170#
Check Number Registration
*400#
Blackberry Plans
*140#
Reserve Your Number For 2 Years
*1390#
Share Credit With Friends
*198#
Number Portability
Send PORT to 600
Tigo Ghana Shortcodes
Tigo Ghana
Shortcode
Check your Tigo Network Mobile Number
*505*4*2#
Customer Care
100
Manage All Tigo Products
*828#
Borrow Airtime
*188#
Tigo Products & Services
*505#
Internet Packages & Unlimited Music
*500#
Blackberry Plans
*360#
Send Data To Friends
*123#
Tigo Free Bonto
*555 *1#
Tigo My Way
*477#
Check Number Registration
*400#
Number Portability
Send PORT To 600
Vodafone Ghana Shortcodes
Vodafone Ghana
Shortcode
Check Vodafone mobile number
*127#
Customer Care
100
Browser Packages
*125#
Caller Tunez
Dial 585
Data Bundle Menu
*700#
Credit Transfer to Another Number
*516#
Borrow Credit
*505#
Vodafone Red Offers
*200#
Blackberry Plans
*500#
Check Number Registration
*400#
Number Portability
Send PORT To 600
Have any questions? Leave them in the comments below and we will respond shortly.
Having a unique and straightforward username is an excellent flex. There are millions of people on the internet creating emails every day. Your email needs to be very distinctive.
An email address is what people will reach out to you as either a business or an average person. For an email to be excellent and straightforward, you can use your pet name. When creating an email, you need to make sure that people can easily remember it. It shouldn’t be so complex. Have you ever just mentioned someone’s email without having to check first? I’m not sure you’ve ever, except yours.
And that’s the problem. People make their emails so complex and not relatable so much that it becomes so difficult to think of memorizing just in case. With some emails, others make it so simple that you wouldn’t even need to remember it. You’ll say it because you recall how simple it was when the person first mentioned it to you.
Creating a perfect email address is very necessary to and make a good impression. In this time of digitization getting your desired email address is a bit tough because sometimes some sites suggest emails for you, and you’re not given a chance to create yours. A lot of people use emails in the world.
Some even have multiple emails for business purposes. According to statista.com, it was calculated that there were almost 4.1 billion active email users in the world (in 2014), and this number is expected to rise to 5.1 billion by the end of 2020. Getting a unique email is almost impossible, but one can try.
It’s essential to create a unique email. We often try to make emails, and we get told that email is already in use by someone else. But with that being said, you can still work around it to get very clever unique emails for yourself. In this article, I’ll be suggesting innovative ways to come up with special emails. Let’s begin.
Clever Tips On How To Create Unique Emails
The three parts of an email are the
name (business or personal)
The @ symbol
The service provider is also called the domain. Example Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, and Outlook.com.
Service Providers
Choosing your preferred service provider should be your first step. Service providers like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook, AOL, and Mail.com are widely used worldwide and free.
Those days people used to use Yahoo Mail because it was accessible, but due to google being a default browser on many phones, they automatically provide their service to clients. You can choose between any of these providers.
You can choose to be a bit more stylish, so you’ll decide to go for AOL because there’s not much hype around it like Gmail and Yahoo. Let’s say you want to create an email, and you use “[email protected],” but you’re told it’s already in use by someone else.
Trust me, the possibility that If you use “[email protected]” will not be in use by someone is very high.
Creative tips on how to choose an email
In this step, you’ll be shown the best formats to use in creating emails. Gmail does not allow the use of underscore(_) and hyphens(-) but only dots(.) and numbers. Whereas Yahoo and AOL enable the use of only underscores while Outlook allows both underscores and hyphens. So the service provider you’ll choose depends on how you want your email.
Such an email like “abdul24.gemi@…” can be used with all the service providers, but abdul24_gemi@… can only be used with Yahoo and AOL. You can start creating an email by using the first name and last name format or last name and first name.
For example, “AbdulAli@….”. You can now consider adding any punctuations or numbers. For instance, [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also use your name initials to create it. For example, the first letter of your first name followed by your last name or the initial of your last name followed by your last name. For instance, [email protected] or [email protected].
If it’s a business email, you can also use your profession or the name of your business.
Below are clever email address formats and suggestions one can try. Your emails need to have a unique touch.
A person with the name “Vanessa Morgan” can have an email like [email protected] or [email protected]. I suggest this format for people with many letters in their words to make the email short and simple.
If you don’t want to use numbers too, sometimes numbers make your emails clumsy. So to keep it simple without any numerics, you can create an email from “Morttey Shepherd Yaw” as [email protected] or [email protected].
Such emails are straightforward to remember if someone wants to send you an email, and there’s nothing to refer to be sure. They can remember [email protected].
These days, everything on the internet is out of stock, whatever idea you got, don’t be surprised if someone else has got a similar or same one. We live in a big but tiny world where everything is so relatable.
Cybercrime is said to be using computers to do illegal activities or unlawfully entering computer systems to cause harm and profit off it.
Cybercrime is an enemy of the law worldwide as in America. The FBI keeps updating its list of most-wanted cyber criminals. Ghana is known to have one of the highest cybercrime activities and ranked 2nd some years back.
The government was forced to implement policies to curb this menace, including a cybersecurity maturity study executed by the Ministry of Communications.
Leading Causes of Cybercrime in Ghana
Cybercriminals look for easy ways to make big money. They target rich people or wealthy organizations like banks, casinos, financial firms, and business owners where a considerable amount of cash flows daily and hack sensitive and vulnerable information.
Catching such criminals is difficult because they work behind their PCs, and you won’t see them in person.
They work with VPNs so people won’t track their locations, hence increasing the number of cyber-crimes across the country. Computers are vulnerable, so laws are required to protect and safeguard them against cybercriminals.
For this reason, many hackers’ works are made less stressful. Below are some of the reasons for the vulnerability of computers.
Negligence
Humans can’t help but be negligent sometimes; it’s part of our human conduct. However, this slight negligence on our side allows the hackers to hack into your system.
Storing data in a comparatively small area
Because the computer has a unique feature of storing many data in a very small space, hackers find it very easy to access this data because they’ve all been compressed in a single space.
The unavailability of evidence
Due to how these hackers do their work, the law finds it hard to gather evidence to arrest them. They use VPNs so their locations can’t be tracked and use other individuals’ identities, thereby covering their tracks very well.
Types of Cybercrime in Ghana
There are different types of Cybercrime in the world. Below I’ll list and discuss the different types of Cybercrime in Ghana.
Identity theft
Identity theft occurs when someone uses another person’s personal identifying information, like their name, identifying number, or credit card number, without their permission to commit fraud or other crimes.
A criminal accesses data about a person’s bank account, credit cards and other personal credentials. It has become a major problem with people using the internet for cash transactions and banking services.
Online illegal selling
Illegal products in the country cannot be traded in the outer environment like other products, so these traders do it on the black market. These products include weapons, drugs and human organs in extreme cases.
Fraud calls
Fraud calls are the most common ones in Ghana. I’m sure you must have heard situations like this. Individuals call you claiming they’ve mistakenly sent money to your mobile money account, and whilst talking to you, they process the details of your account and steal money from your mobile money account. This type of criminal activity is called “phishing”.
What the authorities are doing about Cybercrime in Ghana
The government has come together and implemented policies to curb the criminal activities of hackers in the country;
Policies have been implemented
Section 66D of the IT Act prescribes punishment for ‘cheating by personation by using computer resource’ and provides that any person who by means of any communication device or computer resource cheats by personation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 3 (three).
A national security centre was launched to monitor activities of Cybercrime.
The internet has become a critical infrastructure and facilitator of engagements for individual users, businesses, and governments across the globe.
In Ghana, the increasing reliance on the internet and Information Communication Technology has led to increased cybersecurity incidents such as ransomware, cyber theft, banking fraud, cyber espionage and other cyber-attacks targeted at critical information infrastructure.
These cybersecurity incidents have affected critical sectors of the country, including energy, telecommunications, banking and finance, and have caused disruptions in the delivery of essential services. If unchecked, it can undermine the security and economy of the country.
The government has implemented some initiatives through the Ministry of Communications to improve Ghana’s cybersecurity development.
These include the revision of Ghana’s National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy, the establishment of the National Cyber Security Centre, the launch of the Safer Digital Ghana campaign, the launch of Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Points of Contact.
Others include the establishment of the Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT) at the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Security Operations Centre’s at both the Bank of Ghana and the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), as well as capacity building on Cybercrime for the criminal justice sector.
Conclusion
Many people have lost money from these cybercriminals; some have still not even spoken about it. It’s a big menace to society and industry, and we all need to take cybersecurity seriously.
