Former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged African policymakers to embrace technology to drive economic transformation.
Dr. Bawumia underscored the need for Africa to leverage digitalization to accelerate development.
He made the call while speaking at the 27th Annual Conference of Beyond Borders: A Myth or a Mandate for Africa’s Progress? at Harvard University in Boston.
Ghana he said is making gains through the use of digitalisation and building a formal, data-driven economy capable of competing in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
“Policymakers must act with a mindset of possibilities. We should embrace technology and not be intimidated by it. We must believe that we can leapfrog advanced nations in many areas if we put our minds to it,” he stated.
“Today, we are building formal systems and a database-driven economy to compete in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Our challenge is to use digitalization to solve current problems while laying the foundation for future jobs, leapfrogging from the Second to the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” he added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
