Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP’s Vice President and 2024 flagbearer, has revealed an ambitious plan to develop approximately one million Ghanaian digital talents as part of his transformative Digital Ghana Vision.
Addressing the nation at the UPSA Auditorium in Accra on Wednesday, February 7, to unveil his vision and priorities for the country if elected President, he stated that the vision will use technology to transform key sectors of the economy.
Agriculture, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and the financial sector will all benefit from a prosperous digital economy, transforming Ghana into a digital hub while also creating job opportunities for young people.
Dr. Bawumia also disclosed that he wants to develop the digital skills Ghana will need for the global digital revolution to contribute to the realization of the Digital Ghana vision. He disclosed his intentions to teach digital software skills to a minimum of 200,000 young people annually, claiming that this would enable them to find employment in Ghana as well as abroad.
Ghana should develop the digital talent needed for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in my opinion. This will entail teaching hundreds of thousands of young people software and digital skills.
“Over the next five years, we will train at least 200,000 youth annually in partnership with the private sector. This and other policies will give young people, including dropouts from school, jobs.”
“We plan to train one million software developers in five years (200,000 annually) in partnership with the private sector. in the capacity of programmers. There will be work opportunities for them everywhere.”
Dr. Bawumia stated that his government will promote the idea of possibilities to bring out the best in every Ghanaian. He expressed confidence that Ghanaians have the talent and what it takes to be the best in the world in many areas, but are frequently derailed by pessimism and impossibility mindsets.
“I want to encourage Ghanaians to have a mindset of possibilities and not impossibilities,” said the president. “Our political differences shouldn’t be allowed to derail us from the challenges our nation faces.
“Our society is lacking in fundamental principles, patriotism, and values, which is a sign of a critical mental failure. “We need to invigorate the can-do spirit of the Ghanaian to believe that we can even do better than the advanced countries if we put our minds to it.”
For instance, our students from Prempeh College and Mamfe Girls have triumphed over competitors in international robotics tournaments, defeating peers from the US, Germany, and South Korea.
“We need to approach every endeavor with the same mentality that has allowed us to win robotics competitions, singathons, and cookathons. We have to have faith that it is feasible.” “This must be instilled in our children beginning in school. This is why we will implement a growth mindset curriculum to help students develop critical skills like problem-solving, risk-taking, opportunity spotting, and design thinking.
