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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been adjudged the Digital Leader of the
\nYear at the Ninth Ghana Information Technology and Telecom (GITTA) Awards for
\nchampioning the digital transformation of the Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n

The award conferred
\non the Vice President, was in recognition of his untiring efforts to leverage
\non technology to improve service delivery in the public sector and to
\nfacilitate rapid economic growth.<\/p>\n

The annual event,
\norganized by the Instinct Wave was intended to recognize the contributions of
\nindustry players and individuals for their outstanding performance, creativity
\nand inventing innovative products and services to better the lots of the
\npeople.<\/p>\n

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It was held on the
\ntheme: \u201cCeleb rating Innovation and Excellence in the ICT Sector\u201d, which
\nattracted key stakeholders in the telecom and information communication
\ntechnology industry.<\/p>\n

Vice President
\nBawumia, in an address, lauded industry players for their enormous contribution
\nto the economy that has witnessed improvement in public service delivery.<\/p>\n

He noted that the
\nbenefits of a digitised economy could not be over emphasized as it had the
\npotential of moving the country beyond aid.<\/p>\n

He announced that
\nthe Bank of Ghana (BoG) would by the end of the year, introduce a universal QR
\ncode to accept different cashless payments systems, which would save merchants
\nfrom displaying several points of sale devices to receive payments and speed up
\nthe revolution of the banking system in the country.<\/p>\n

Dr Bawumia said the
\nuniversal QR code would enable mobile money merchants to use only their mobile
\nphones for financial transactions and make the cashless economy a reality.<\/p>\n

Highlighting some of
\nthe digital initiatives implemented by the government, Vice President Bawumia
\nmentioned the digital address system, paperless ports system, medical drone
\ndelivery service and e-procurement system as well as the mobile money
\ninteroperability system that had enhanced financial inclusion of the unbanked
\nsegment of the population.<\/p>\n

The Vice President
\nre-affirmed government\u2019s commitment to make wireless internet service free at
\nthe various senior high schools and tertiary educational institutions across
\nthe country and urged the telecommunication firms to come on-board to make it a
\nreality.<\/p>\n

The awards ceremony
\nwitnessed some public and private sector organisations rewarded for their
\ncontributions to the public sector reforms while their Chief Executive Officers
\n(CEOs), especially those who embraced digitisation for effective and efficient
\ndelivery of public services honoured.<\/p>\n

The Driver Vehicle
\nand Licensing Authority (DVLA) took home three awards in recognition for its
\ninnovative reforms in application, processing and renewal of driver\u2019s licenses
\nwhile the Authority\u2019s CEO, Mr Kwasi Agyeman Busia was adjudged the Best Public
\nSector CEO of the Year for his outstanding contribution to the public sector.<\/p>\n

Mr Joe Anokyi, the
\nCEO of the National Communications Authority, was adjudged the Best Public
\nSector Telecom CEO of the Year, Mr Archie Hesse, the CEO of the Ghana Interbank
\nPayment and Settlement System was adjudged the Best Payment Industry CEO of the
\nYear and Mr Selorm Adadevoh, the CEO of MTN received the Telecom CEO of the
\nYear for the private sector category.<\/p>\n

Mrs Ursula
\nOwusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications took home the Industry Personality
\nof the Year.<\/p>\n

The Ghana Police
\nService was adjudged the Best Government Use of Social Media for Citizen
\nEngagement, Ghana Community Network Service Limited (GCNet) received an award
\nfor being the Best Public Sector e-Solution Provider, the National Cyber
\nSecurity Centre was adjudged the Best for Excellence in Cyber Security
\nInitiative, Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) took
\nhome the Best Public Sector Institution for Transforming Education through
\nTechnology.<\/p>\n

Earlier in his
\nwelcome remarks, Mr Akin Naphtal, the CEO of Instinct Wave, said the awards
\nnight provided exceptional opportunity for stakeholders to network, entertain
\nclients and reinforce relationships with partners and reward staff with
\nexceptional performance.<\/p>\n

Source: GNA<\/p>\n