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Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in discussion with Dr. Hafiz Ghanem (left), Vice President of the World Bank for Africa
Dr. Hafiz Ghanem, Vice President of the World Bank for Africa, advised Ghana to work towards achieving 100% Internet access.
He said it was a vision and a dream needed for the country, as the digitization of the Ghanaian economy was extremely important, noting that throughout Africa, the 39, Internet access was only 21%.
Dr. Ghanem, who spoke at a meeting with Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia at Jubilee House last Monday, said the World Bank was willing to support Ghana's digitization campaign.
"We have worked with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to develop a strategy for the digital transformation of the continent," he said. -he declares.
According to Mr. Ghanem, the strategies include infrastructure investments, the modernization of the regulatory framework and cost-cutting competition and capacity building, which he said should make a difference. Africa an emerging continent.
He said: "The use of technology in education and health care is what is happening around the world and so it is an important area that we would like to support."
SHS free
Dr. Ghanem congratulated the government for introducing the free high school, stating: "You have done a lot of work on the macroeconomic level, but we believe that your decision to provide free SHS services is important.
it is something we would like to support because we have projects in the education sector and we would like to do even more and see how we can guarantee access to quality education in Africa.
He said the economy was doing well too, with a growth rate of about 6 percent and that it was important for Ghana's development to continue and even accelerate.
Mr Ghanem said the progress made was important for the country and the people, as well as for the rest of Africa, because of the effects of coaching and the demonstration effects showing that it was not. a country in the process of reforming and opening up its economy was doing well. .
"At the World Bank, we are committed to supporting you and we will do our best to increase the size of our support, as well as to improve its quality and meet your needs and priorities," he added.
Vice President
In his response, Dr. Bawumia presented the various programs and policies implemented by the government since taking office and said: "Nana Addo Dankwa President Akufo-Addo has defined the country in the idea of contributing to the growth of this economy to make it a modern and prosperous economy such as Ghana could go beyond aid.
"We have had two consecutive years of primary budget surplus, which is the first in a long time that Ghana has one.
Trade is a current account with a positive balance and is also improving. So, on the macroeconomic side, we had very good performances, "he said.
However, Dr. Bawumia said the government wanted to ensure that growth is inclusive.
Therefore, he said that the country would ensure that "we have free SHS, which will be very important for the country in 10 to 15 years, school enrollment rates are increasing and last year we we recorded an increase of about 36%. HSS enrollment, 181,000 students who otherwise would not have access to SHS education, gain access. "
scanning
With regard to digitization, which he was very pbadionate about, Mr Bawumia said the government was conducting a major digitization program because he felt that digitization in the context of the formalization of the economy had many aspects. positive.
He highlighted, however, some of the challenges facing the country, particularly in the energy sector.
"We need to look at how we move from liquid fuels to more gas to lower prices. This is an area in which the World Bank has many skills and we could work together in the future to find solutions to some of these problems. problems, "he said.
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