Tag: Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
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Dr. Bawumia unveils Ghana’s first Tier IV data centre
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed satisfaction in the high level of interest being shown by foreign investors in improving Ghana’s digital infrastructure. This follows the opening of Ghana’s first Tier IV Data Center in Accra on Thursday. Known as the Onix data centre, the US$48 million investment adds to Ghana’s existing data centre,…
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Bawumia defends govt’s handling of Ghana’s ailing economy
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has mounted a strong defense for the government’s handling of the Ghanaian economy in light of rising criticisms from stakeholders over the last few years. In a lecture on the state of the economy on Thursday, he maintained the management of the fundamentals of the economy has been successful even…
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Bawumia avoids commentary on E-levy during lecture on economy
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was silent on the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) during his much-anticipated economic lecture on Thursday. The only time the Vice President came close to mentioning the tax policy was when he was talking about taxes and levies abolished and reduced by the Akufo-Addo government within the last five…
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COVID-19, banking sector clean-up cause of high debt stock – Bawumia
Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia has attributed Ghana’s rising debt stock to the COVID-19 pandemic and the banking sector clean-up. Addressing a National Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) Training and Orientation Conference at Kasoa in the Central Region, Dr. Bawumia said the country’s debt to GDP ratio had “increased by 17.6 percent” between 2019 and 2021. He…
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Bawumia blames negative credit ratings, chaotic budget approval, others for cedi’s woes
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has attempted to give reasons for the troubles of the Ghana cedi. The head of the government’s economic management team blamed the woes of the cedi largely on negative credit ratings, challenges in getting the 2022 budget passed, and the refusal of investors to roll over their monies in…
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Ghana to have first National E-Pharmacy in sub-Saharan Africa – Bawumia
Ghana is set to become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to have a national scale E-Pharmacy and one of only a few countries in the world with a national scale E-pharmacy, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has disclosed. This would involve the digitization of pharmacies across the country and enable consumers to have…
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Bawumia stresses on importance of digitalizing land registration processes
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says digitalizing land registration processes is the best way to improve the current state of the economy. Speaking at a national symposium on the Land Act, 2020, Dr. Bawumia said the only way Ghana can make the much-needed strides in development is when technology becomes the driving force for all…
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Fact-check: Dr. Bawumia’s 15 million mobile money users claim, others checked
The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, while addressing the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) third town hall meeting and results fair in Accra, made a number of claims regarding mobile money interoperability and the gains made with its introduction. Among other things, Dr Bawumia said Ghana has become the…
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SMEs to pay taxes online in next NPP government – Bawumia pledges
The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says if the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is given the nod to govern the country for another term, small businesses will pay their taxes online. This forms part of government’s efforts to digitalise every sector of the country. At the official launch of the NPP manifesto at…
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Bawumia launches Integrated ICT System for MASLOC
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday, May 12, launched the Integrated ICT System, which automates all the operations of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in the country. Speaking at the Jubilee House, Dr. Bawumia said the system is an information technology solution that would address payment and settlement challenges of MASLOC…