Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is on a working visit to the Republic of Estonia from Wednesday, January 23, to January 27, 2024.
A high-level bilateral discussion on the significance of digitalization in a modern economy was held Wednesday afternoon in Tallinn, between Ghana, Africa’s fastest-digitizing country, and Estonia, renowned as one of the world’s most digitized countries.
The Ghanaian delegation led by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who has spearheaded Ghana’s remarkable digital transformation, and is on a three-day working visit to Estonia held talks with Estonian President, Alar Karis.
As a global leader in digital economic transformation, Dr. Bawumia’s visit to Estonia is to examine the remarkable story of the Northern European country vi’s Ghana’s digitalization journey which has set Ghana apart as a reference point in Africa.
At all the meetings with the Estonian President, Prime Minister, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the hosts shared how their country’s investment in digitalization and their commitment to implementing same, in over two decades now, has resulted in a massive economic transformation.
Dr. Bawumia also shared Ghana’s digitalization story of the past seven years and how it is already positively impacting the nation, especially in combating corruption, making things easier for the people, and impacting government revenue.
