Mobile Number Prefixes

Name: Ghana Mobile Number Prefixes
Creator: National Communications Authority

Which network each Ghana mobile number prefix (024, 054, 0256…) was allocated to, from the National Communications Authority's numbering plan and Ghana's numbering filing to the ITU. Numbers can be ported between networks, so a prefix shows the network a number started on. National numbers are nine digits after the leading 0; the country code is +233. 15 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 25, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 25, 2026Free15 recordsICT & Infrastructure

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
prefix	TEXT
network	TEXT
effective_from	DATE
effective_to	DATE
checked_at	DATE
source_url	TEXT
notes	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

five records, free

First 5 rows of Mobile Number Prefixes
prefixTEXT	networkTEXT	effective fromDATE	effective toDATE	checked atDATE	source urlTEXT	notesTEXT	sourceTEXT
020	Telecel	2023-02-28	—	2026-09-25	https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf	Allocated to Vodafone Ghana, now Telecel Ghana. As listed in Ghana's numbering filing to the ITU, 28 February 2023; the allocation date is not given there.	National Communications Authority
023	AT	2023-02-28	—	2026-09-25	https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf	Allocated to Glo, which stopped operating in 2022; its customers moved to AirtelTigo (now AT) and kept their numbers. As listed in Ghana's numbering filing to the ITU, 28 February 2023; the allocation date is not given there.	National Communications Authority
024	MTN	2023-02-28	—	2026-09-25	https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf	As listed in Ghana's numbering filing to the ITU, 28 February 2023; the allocation date is not given there.	National Communications Authority
0256	MTN	2021-05-19	—	2026-09-25	https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf	Assigned to MTN on 19 May 2021, per Ghana's ITU filing.	National Communications Authority
0257	MTN	2021-05-19	—	2026-09-25	https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf	Assigned to MTN on 19 May 2021, per Ghana's ITU filing.	National Communications Authority

prefixTEXT	networkTEXT	effective fromDATE	effective toDATE	checked atDATE	source urlTEXT	notesTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-prefix-1	example-network-1	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-1	example-notes-1	example-source-1
example-prefix-2	example-network-2	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-2	example-notes-2	example-source-2
example-prefix-3	example-network-3	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-3	example-notes-3	example-source-3
example-prefix-4	example-network-4	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-4	example-notes-4	example-source-4
example-prefix-5	example-network-5	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-5	example-notes-5	example-source-5
example-prefix-6	example-network-6	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-6	example-notes-6	example-source-6
example-prefix-7	example-network-7	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-7	example-notes-7	example-source-7
example-prefix-8	example-network-8	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-8	example-notes-8	example-source-8

10 more rows — see the plans

Get an API key

Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/mobile_number_prefixes

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 25, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 25, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026had warnings
Source: National Communications Authority

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (National Communications Authority). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 25, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Mobile number prefixes (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from National Communications Authority]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/mobile-number-prefixes

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/mobile_number_prefixes?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/mobile_number_prefixes?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/mobile_number_prefixes",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Mobile Number Prefixes

Field

Type

prefix

TEXT

network

TEXT

effective_from

DATE

effective_to

DATE

checked_at

DATE

source_url

TEXT

notes

TEXT

source

TEXT

prefixTEXT

networkTEXT

effective fromDATE

effective toDATE

checked atDATE

source urlTEXT

notesTEXT

sourceTEXT

020

Telecel

2023-02-28

—

2026-09-25

https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf

Allocated to Vodafone Ghana, now Telecel Ghana. As listed in Ghana's numbering filing to the ITU, 28 February 2023; the allocation date is not given there.

National Communications Authority

023

2023-02-28

—

2026-09-25

https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf

Allocated to Glo, which stopped operating in 2022; its customers moved to AirtelTigo (now AT) and kept their numbers. As listed in Ghana's numbering filing to the ITU, 28 February 2023; the allocation date is not given there.

National Communications Authority

024

MTN

2023-02-28

—

2026-09-25

https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf

As listed in Ghana's numbering filing to the ITU, 28 February 2023; the allocation date is not given there.

National Communications Authority

0256

MTN

2021-05-19

—

2026-09-25

https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf

Assigned to MTN on 19 May 2021, per Ghana's ITU filing.

National Communications Authority

0257

MTN

2021-05-19

—

2026-09-25

https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520009PDFE.pdf

Assigned to MTN on 19 May 2021, per Ghana's ITU filing.

National Communications Authority

prefixTEXT

networkTEXT

effective fromDATE

effective toDATE

checked atDATE

source urlTEXT

notesTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-prefix-1

example-network-1

2000-01-01

example-source_url-1

example-notes-1

example-source-1

example-prefix-2

example-network-2

2000-01-01

example-source_url-2

example-notes-2

example-source-2

example-prefix-3

example-network-3

2000-01-01

example-source_url-3

example-notes-3

example-source-3

example-prefix-4

example-network-4

2000-01-01

example-source_url-4

example-notes-4

example-source-4

example-prefix-5

example-network-5

2000-01-01

example-source_url-5

example-notes-5

example-source-5

example-prefix-6

example-network-6

2000-01-01

example-source_url-6

example-notes-6

example-source-6

example-prefix-7

example-network-7

2000-01-01

example-source_url-7

example-notes-7

example-source-7

example-prefix-8

example-network-8

2000-01-01

example-source_url-8

example-notes-8

example-source-8

How to cite

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/mobile_number_prefixes?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/mobile_number_prefixes?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/mobile_number_prefixes",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]