Atebubu is a small town and is the capital of Atebubu, a district in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

Coordinates: 7°45′N 0°59′W / 7.75°N 0.983°W / 7.75; -0.983

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (born October 7, 1963, Tamale, Northern region) was a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana until his nomination as Vice Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) alongside Presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo. Shortly after the election Bawumia resigned as Deputy Governor at the Bank of Ghana.

Bawumia graduated from Tamale Secondary School in 1982. He received a Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (A.C.I.B) in the United Kingdom with distinctions in Monetary Economics, Accountancy, Law and Banking Principles from Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, London, England in 1984. Bawumia spent his undergraduate years at University of Buckingham, UK and graduated with B.Sc. Economics (First Class Hons.) He received his Masters Economics from Oxford University in 1988 and PhD with Specialisation in Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Monetary Economics from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia., Canada in 1995.

After graduating from Simon Fraser University in Canada, Dr. Bawumia worked for the International Monetary Fund from 1994 to 1996 when he left for a teaching position with the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in Texas, USA. After leaving Baylor University in 2000, Bawumia started his career at the Bank of Ghana as a Senior Economist. Between 2000 and his eventual resignation, Bawmuia also held the position of Head of Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, Special Assistant to the Governor, Capital Market Committee Chairman, Monetary Policy Committee Member, and Deputy Governor.