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Business News of Sunday, 14 April 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-04-14
Vice President Bawumia with others at the Emerging Markets Summit
Ghana is showing the way in the world, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said.
Dr. Bawumia said the two-year-old Akufo-Addo administration has rolled out "a vast number of digitization initiatives to facilitate access to and enhance the delivery of government services."
"University of Chicago Booth Business School in the United States," Dr. Bawumia Disclosed at the Emerging Markets Summit on the topic: "Digital Governance in Emerging Markets" of America on Saturday, 13th April, 2019.
He said, in order to achieve the 'Ghana Beyond Aid' agenda has been made by the ruling New Patriotic Party government to "formalize the economy by leveraging technology innovation and digitization."
"With digitization, we are introducing new and more efficient ways of doing things. We are changing the way things are done in the affected institutions for the benefit of ordinary Ghanaians, "Dr. Bawumia said.
Dr. Bawumia stated: "The introduction of National ID Cards (with fingerprints, Iris and photo) is a game changer and the process should be implemented in the last two years. be completed in another year. Everyone will have a unique ID (like the Social Security Number) from birth to death. It will be the basis for an integrated national database system (license, pbadport, health, police, voting.
"We have leveraged on technology to introduce a Digital Address System. Every 5×5 square meters of land in Ghana has a unique digital address. The mobile application (GhanaPostGPS) is available on the google playstore or iTunes. Can find any location in Ghana. The UK for example took 15 years to roll out the postcode system. Thanks to technology, we did it in one year with more precision. "
To address the challenge of financial inclusion, Dr. Bawumia said: "Mobile money payments interoperability has been implemented. 34.5 million mobile money accounts only 30% of the bankable population is banked. We have solved the problem of financial inclusion with the creation of mobile money accounts ("The first country in Africa to do this is a major step to financial inclusion and movement towards cashless payments for government services".
With this, you will be able to pay as much as you can.
In addition, Dr. Bawumia introduced the innovative online National Health Insurance registration, online tax-filing system, e-registration of businesses, automation of the application for Business Operating Permit, automation of the construction system, implementation of an electronic justice system short track documents, the paperless port system and the yet-to-be rolled out Zipline medical drone system.
"Leapfrogging to an innovative knowledge-based economy is necessary if we are to stimulate a sustainable path of development. To this end, we are investing in high school, high school education, high school education, high school graduation Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, "the vice-president stated.
Dr. Bawumia said the government will continue to play a role in the development of the environment for private sector development.
"As government, we need to play a role in planning the implementation of technology in our development challenges, but also in the facilitation and promotion of enterprise level efforts. We believe that this supportive role of government is necessary for the development of technological capabilities in our quest for industrial pathways, "he concluded.
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