Mahamudu Bawumia: From political outsider to Ghana's 'Mr Digital'

Presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia hopes he can silence his critics once more to become Ghana's leader.

Mahamudu Bawumia soared from being a political outsider to become Ghana's second-in-command - and in December he could make history as the country's first Muslim president.

Bawumia's father Alhaji had served in Ghana's earliest governments after the country gained independence from Britain in 1957, working closely with revered Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah. The NPP challenged the election results in the Supreme Court, choosing Bawumia as their star witness. Bawumia's journey to the top began in 1963, when he was born into a large family in the northern city of Tamale.After completing primary and secondary school in Ghana, Bawumia moved to the UK for undergraduate study and went on to gain a masters in economics from the prestigious Oxford University.He returned to Ghana in 2000 to work at the central bank, where he worked his way up to become deputy governor.

Along with his role as an economist, Bawumia has also built the reputation of being a digital visionary. "Whether Bawumia was in power or not, digitalisation was bound to happen in this country because we had already started it anyway," Mr Cudjoe said. Most people in Ghana are Christians but there is not much evidence that coming from a religious minority will hinder Bawumia's election chances, Dr Sefa-Nyarko said.

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