Dr. Bawumia named among 100 most influential Africans | Politics

With the transformational policies Dr. Bawumia has championed, Ghana has achieved the following:

Successfully issued digital national identity cards to Ghanaian nationals and residents, become the first African country to adopt a national digital property address system, become the first African country to implement mobile money interoperability between mobile money accounts and bank accounts, been ranked number one in terms of access to financial inclusion in Africa, become the first country in Africa to implement a universal QR Code payment system and Ghana has also become the first country in the world where banks have issued their own mobile money wallets known as GhanaPay.

Through his digitization initiatives, Ghana has also become the world's largest provider of medical delivery services using Zipline drones to deliver medical supplies to remote parts of the country in real time.

Ghana has also become the first country in Africa to implement a national scale E-Pharmacy digital platform, and the country has also figitized the provision of government services using a common digital portal (Ghana.gov), as well as a common digital platform for property taxation in Ghana - all contributing immensely to revenue mobilization.

New Africa Magazine's latest honour, adds to the growing list of international acknowledgment of Dr Bawumia, for his starring role in Ghana's acclaimed digitization drive.

Recently, the UNDP, through its country rep, Angela Rusigi, described Dr. Bawumia as a "champion of digitization", adding that his efforts have contributed to 'inclusive and accelerated development.