By: Ibrahim Issah ]
Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia took his campaign message to the streets of Ketu South on Saturday, urging Ghanaians to judge him by the ideas he’s championed rather than the cash in his pocket. “It is not the money in your pocket that will allow you to transform Ghana. It is the ideas in your head” he told a cheering crowd.
Bawumia pointed to the mobile‑money interoperability system he helped launch in 2018 as a concrete example. The policy, he says, turned a fragmented market into a seamless platform that now serves about 24 million subscribers up from just 8 million before the reform . That leap has registered over 900,000 mobile‑money agents, creating tens of thousands of sustainable jobs for Ghana’s youth.
Ghana Card rollout a digital national ID now emulated elsewhere.
Mobile‑money interoperability enabling cross‑network transfers, bill payments and international remittances directly to wallets.
From 107,000 agents pre‑interoperability to roughly 923,000 registered agents by June 2025, with 423,000 active.
Bawumia argued that these successes prove innovation not personal wealth is the real engine of national development. “ Ideas build nations and ideas create jobs,” he repeated, emphasizing that his track record as Vice President shows he can deliver results even without full executive power.
The former VP is now a flag‑bearer hopeful for the NPP’s presidential primaries. He pledged to bring “Abrokyire” the opportunities abroad to Ghana if elected, promising further digital reforms, expanded fintech services, and a youth‑focused job.
Ghana’s next chapter will be written by visionary ideas, not by the size of a campaign war‑chest.
