The Vice President, , has expressed shock at those with the view that digitalisation has no relationship with the economy.

At the launch of GoRide, the new digital platform for Ghanaian taxi drivers, in Accra on Wednesday, Dr.

Bawumia was astonished that anyone with an understanding of global trends would play down the role of digitalisation in a modern economy.

In a veiled message, many believe was aimed at former President , who has criticised Bawumia's focus on digitalisation and not the economy, Bawumia presented in detail how modern economies are now controlled by digital tools, and how nations would be left behind if they did not take steps to be part of the 4th Industrial Revolution. "Sometimes people don't quite get what we are doing.