Once upon a time, we are all caught in the net of having limited airtime or no airtime at all. You either want to make a call or text someone only to realise that you’re lacking on airtime.

In most instances, when this happens, you hardly have the time to go out in search of call cards to buy. The best you can do is to borrow SOS credit from your network service provider.

In this article, I’ll take you through the various steps involved in borrowing airtime from the four major network service providers in Ghana namely MTN Ghana, Vodafone Ghana, Glo and AirtelTigo.

MTN Ghana

You can borrow airtime on your Mtn line from between 50 pesewas to 15 cedis depending on how much credit you buy, how long you’ve been using your sim card and how soon you repaid your previous borrowed airtime.

To borrow airtime on MTN, follow the following:

1. Dial *506#
2. Select “borrow credit”
3. Choose the amount you wish to borrow from the list
4. Select 1 to confirm.

Or

1. Text “Start” to 1506
2. Select the amount you wish to borrow
3. Text 1 to confirm

To check your loan status,

1. Dial *506#
2. Select 1 for status

Note: MTN charges 10% on all borrowed airtime as repayment charge. Also, for you to be able to access this service, you must be an active MTN user for 3 months and you must have airtime balance less than 4 cedis.

Vodafone Ghana

Vodafone Ghana also gives SOS credit to their users who have run out of airtime. To qualify for this though, an individual must be an active Vodafone user for at least the past 15 days. A service charge of 10% of the credit requested is charged as a commission on the airtime. You must have airtime of less than 1 cedi to be able to go for this.

How to borrow data on Vodafone:

1. Dial *505#
2. Select the amount you wish to borrow
3. Select 1 to confirm the transaction

This borrowed airtime can be used for nothin browsing and calls.

Glo Ghana

Glo Ghana is arguably one of Ghana’s fastest internet service providers with commendable internet speed and good data packages.

Well, they also have the “Borrow me credit” service which enables customers to get some airtime loans when they run out in the middle of something.

To qualify for this service though, the customer must be using a registered sim card, you must be an active Glo user for the past 3 months.

To borrow airtime, follow these steps:

1. Dial *5321#
2. Select 1 to borrow credit
3. Select the amount you wish to borrow
4. Select one to confirm.

The repayment of this airtime loan can be in bits or in full depending how much airtime you recharge on your next top-up.

It also attracts a 15% commission.

AirtelTigo

Currently, Airtel tigo is the second biggest network company in Ghana following the merger of the erstwhile Tigo and Airtel companies.

To borrow airtime from AirtelTigo, follow the following steps:

1. Dial *588#
2. Select the amount you wish to borrow
3. Confirm the transaction.

You can check your airtime usage by dialling *130*10#

Conclusion

The various network service providers have various criteria for borrowing airtime to their customers. So don’t beat yourself if you have several SIM cards and you are able to borrow on some yet you’re not able to borrow on others.

For more enquiry on qualification, you can call your network provider’s customer care.

In an attempt to cut-out the activities of Guru boys, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority of Ghana launched an online platform in 2019.

This platform is to enhance the speed of processing number plate acquisition throughout the country and also to propel the government’s agenda of digitising the economy.

Like any other novelty, using this online system becomes a bit difficult for first-time users.

In this article, we shall take you through the process of registering for the online portal.

How To Register On the DVLA Portal

1. To register on the portal, visit online.dvla.gov.gh/sign_in
2. Click “signup free” at the bottom of the Sign-in page.
3. Select Individual in the Popup menu.
4. When the new applicant registration form opens, fill in the following under the Basic Information tab:
   1. Your title (Mr./Mrs)
   2. Select Your Gender (Male or female)
   3. Enter your accurate date of birth. (Day, Month and Year)
   4. Where you were born (Place of birth)
   5. Your surname, your first name,
   6. Your employer’s name (Example GES, Self-employee)
   7. Select your nationality and enter your middle name (If any)
   8. Enter your previous name (Any other name you’ve had before a name change )
   9. Select the type of ID Card you want to use for identity (Voters ID, National ID, Health Insurance, SSNIT or Passport).
5. Enter the ID card number in the ID No. column
6. Click on Next
7. Under the Contact Information Tab, Enter the following information:
   1. Enter your postal address in the boat box column (P.O. Box 23)
   2. Enter the town of the postal address in the city column (Example, Kaneshie – Accra)
   3. Select your region from the drop-down list. (The list still contains only 10 regions so choose the original region from which your new region was created if this applies to you)
   4. Enter your email address in the email address column
   5. Enter the name of your area in the “suburb” column (Example: Otamens-Kasoa)
   6. Enter your street address in the “street address” column.
   7. Enter your house number
   8. Enter your full mobile phone number in mobile no. Column.
   9. In case of any other number, enter it into the second mobile number column.
8. Click on next to move to the next step.
9. Under the Account Credentials Tab, enter the following information:
10. In the user name column, enter a name you can easily recollect.
11. Enter a preferred password in the password column.
12. Repeat the password in the “confirm password” column.
13. Click next to move on

On the next page, you’ll view all the details you had entered in the previous three pages. Check to be sure that everything is in place and click on next. If you have any wrongly entered data, you can click on the edit button at the top of each table to edit before moving on.

You’ll see your portal open after the previous step and then you can access all your services.

Conclusion

I believe this article was helpful to you in your quest to register for an online portal for DVLA in Ghana. In subsequent posts, we shall write about how to book specific services from your portal. Kindly share your comments in the comment box below.

 

Majority of us know Facebook as a platform for reading timeline posts, liking and commenting on photos as well as chatting with friends.

Well, this is not entirely false. But, Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook, with over 2 billion users worldwide is far more than just a fun and chatting app.

Facebook has other functions such as a marketplace for selling, digital stores for advertising and selling, business accounts for creating employment and organizing business at no cost.

One of the functions of the business aspect of the Facebook society is job seeking.

In this article, we shall take you through how to seek jobs on Facebook. Both local or international job opportunities can be searched for on Facebook.

In order to be able to do this, you must first of all have an existing account with Facebook.

How To Find Jobs On Facebook

1. Scroll through your newsfeed, you should see a row of jobs with the caption “jobs nearby”

2. In case you don’t see this, type “Jobs” in the search bar

3. Select “See all” under the “jobs nearby” tab

4. Enter the kind of job you want in the “title” search bar

5. select your preferred job offer from the list.

6. Read through the job description and salary.

7. Click on “Apply now” if you are okay with the details.

8. Edit your details to suite the position you’re interested in. You can also add new job experiences here.

9. Once done, answer the compulsory question at the bottom of the page (if any) in clear terms which explains how best you understand.

10. Click on send.

11. Check your inbox for any feedback from the company seeking employees.

Conclusion: With the Facebook jobs option, you get to choose the locations from which you want to be shown job offers. Also, you can be interviewed right on Facebook via the messenger app. Your prospective employer can use the schedule interview option in their Facebook business window to plan an online interview with you in real-time.

With this service, you can acquire international jobs. Both part-time and full-time jobs are available.

Do not be convinced by any employer on Facebook to make payments for anything before you gain employment with them. For as much as Facebook jobs are an easy way to seek job online, it could be an avenue for some unscrupulous people to try defrauding unsuspecting job seekers. So be extra careful when dealing with them.

Thanks to technology, today, we don’t have to walk anywhere just to pay bills. You can do that from the comfort of your home.

With MTN Mobile Money, you can pay bills, send money to family and friends, buy airtime and pay for data packages from your home.

What most people don’t know is that you can actually pay money into bank accounts in Ghana through your mobile money. It’s very simple.

There are two ways of doing this. I’ll take you through the steps involved in both ways.

Transferring Money To A Linked Bank Account

A linked bank account is an account which has been connected to your mobile money account for mobile banking.

Most banks in Ghana today have mobile banking services to enable their customers to perform transactions in their homes without necessarily coming to the banking halls.

If you’ve registered for this service with your bank, then this method will work for you.

1. Dial *170#
2. Enter 5 for financial services
3. Enter 1 for banking services
4. Enter 1 to transfer to your bank
5. Select your bank from the list
6. Press 1 to select your account
7. Enter the amount to transfer
8. Press 1 to confirm
9. Enter pin code to approve the transaction.

Note: You can only transfer to your own account using this method.

Transferring To An Unlinked Account

With this method, you can transfer money from your mobile money number to over 20 banks in Ghana. The bank account doesn’t have to be your personal account for you to send money to it, using this method. Once the bank is listed, you can send money to any account number associated with that number.

1. Dial *170#
2. Press 1 to transfer money
3. Select 6 to send to the bank account
4. Press 1 to send from wallet to bank account
5. Select your bank from the list
6. You can press * and # to go to the previous or next page respectively
7. Enter the account number you wish to send the money to
8. Enter the amount you wish to transfer
9. The account holder name will come up. Confirm and enter your password to forward transaction.

Conclusion

With this method, it is easy for you to make payment to any bank in Ghana that is on the list of mobile banking companies.

Some of the banks listed include GCB Bank, ADB Bank, Access Bank, GT Bank, UMB, UBA Bank, Stanchart, Absa, NIB, Zenith, Cal, Ecobank, Stanbic, FBN, Fidelity, CBG, First National, ARB Apex Bank, BSIC, Services Integrity Among others.

However, if your bank is not listed in the list above, you may have to fall on other payment applications which create options for you to make payment to other banks at very fair rates.

Look out for our next post about one of the newest and best payment apps in Ghana presently.

Items purchased from Jumia Ghana can be delivered via two alternative means. They can either be delivered via home/office address or picked up by the customers at any Jumia pickup store or shops close to them.

In this article, we shall take you through a list of jumia pickup stores across the nation, their locations and contact numbers.

Check the list below for the one closest to you, for your next jumia order.

ACCRA

There are for now at least 6 pickup stations in Accra and its vicinity.

Spintex Pickup Station

Location: 127b Baatsona Spintex Road, Motorway Industrial Area bear Herbalife building.

Contact number: 055 011 4523

Roman Ridge Pickup stations

Lovation: Roman Ridge, The Blueberries Commons (Ground Floor), #4 Ameda Street, besides old Shaka Zulu.

Contact numbers: 055 770 4510 / 024 141 5658

Makola Pick-Up Station

Location: Accra Central. First floor, SIC Life Mall, adjacent Barclays Bank

Contact number: 024 312 7430

Tema Pick-Up Station

Location: Tema. 1st floor, Old Ecobank building, behind omni bank, Meridian community 1.

Contact Number: 055 104 8120

Legon Pick-Up Station

Location: Legon, University of Ghana Post Office, EMS office, near Dean of Students Affairs Office.

Contact Number: 055 869 1922

Zenith College Pick-Up Station

Location: La,Zenith College Campus -Trade Fair Labadi, Trade Fair Centre

Phone number: 3 3124

Kumasi Pickup Station

Location: Asafo, Plot No. 43 off Starlets Avenue Asafo.

Phone number: 054 576 9110 / 026 422 6711

Bomso Pick-Up Station

Location: BOMSO, 710 N6, Kumasi, Ghana (710 N6, Kumasi, Ghana), Adjacent KNUST GBC gate, CCML,Bomso.

Phone number: 024 176 0671

Tamale

UDS Tamale Pick-Up Station

Location : Tamale, Yapei Road, Opposite Admin Block UDS

Phone number : 024 771 9127

Takoradi Main Pickup Station

Location: Sekondi-Takoradi, Harbour Post Office

Phone number: 024 178 1043

Cape coast, UCC Pick-Up Station

Location : Cape Coast, Pioneer Road, University of Cape Coast Ghana Post office

Phone number: 055 009 1035

Sunyani

Sunyani Main Pick-Up Station

Location: Sunyani, Adjacent Ghana Revenue Authority, Post office Road

Phone number: 030 274 0630

Volta Region Pickup Station

Aflao – Happy Enterprise, near Vodafone Ghana office.

Contact information: 0554400005

Note: Each Jumia Pickup station comes with a specific price tag. So, the delivery price to Kumasi May be different from the price of delivery to Aflao. Your delivery cost would however be listed and displayed to you long before you make payment. So you’d be aware of what to pay. I hope this article was helpful to you.