Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has been referred to as Ghana’s top digital champion by Minister for Communications and Digitalization Ursula Owusu Erkuful due to his crucial contribution to Ghana’s digital transformation.
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The Vice President has been widely praised for his zeal and leadership in pursuing this goal. He has led various digital interventions in the nation, which he says are necessary to establish a modern economy.
The Communications Minister appreciated Dr. Bawumia’s prominent position in a Facebook post, as well as the unbreakable connection between digitalization and the transformation of a contemporary economy.
For leading the nation’s digital initiatives in areas including the biometric identity system, digital address system, mobile money interoperability, digital medical drone service, digitization of government services, and ePharmacy, among others, Dr. Bawumia has received accolades.
“Ghana is building a digital Ghana and a digital economy. Digitalisation and economic development go hand in hand. As the chairman of the Economic Management Team, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has embraced the in-depth understanding of Digitalisation and is executing his mandate effortlessly. He is the foremost DIGITAL CHAMPION in Ghana” she posted on Facebook.