Vice President and Flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has earned international media applause for his immense role in Ghana’s successful digitization drive in the last seven years.
Respected Pan African Magazine the New Africa Magazine, in its latest edition, described Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, as a “passionate advocate” of Ghana’s digitization drive.
In a special report, that focused on the impact of Ghana’s digitization drive by the Akufo-Addo government, the New African Magazine credits Dr. Bawumia as the main driver of Ghana’s digitization drive, as well as on the the African continent.
“At the center of the drive for digital transformation is Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia. With his evangelism for digitization and hands-on approach to implementation, he has come to symbolize the drive,” wrote the New African Magazine.
“He is directly involved with the process, he is often present at launches and has become a passionate advocate for greater digitalization Africa-wide,” the Magazine added
“The 4th Industrial Revolution is a digital revolution, one that is based on data and systems,” the magazine quoted Dr. Bawunia as having told Kenyan Television Network (KTN News) in an interview in September 2022 to highlight how Dr. has been advocating for the adoption of digitization by other African countries.
The New African report gave much insight into Ghana’s digitization journey by highlighting the key areas such as the property address system, and the digital national identity card, which offers Ghanaians unique national identity numbers and mobile money interoperability.
The report also pointed out how Ghana’s digitization drive, which has transformed many government services online, is helping to raise revenue and also aiding the fight against corruption in many areas, including exposing ghost names on the government payroll and significantly boosting revenue at the passport office, drivers license authority, the ports, etc.
In its introduction to an extensive interview with Dr. Bawumia, the respected Magazine, regarded as the biggest African Magazine, added that Dr. Bawumia “has mostly dedicated himself to the digital transformation agenda, becoming the chief apostle, instigator and overseer of several landmark digitalization projects that are slowly transforming how Ghanaians trade, access public services, interact with each other and travel.”