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Meet the Ghanaian Software engineer diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of one who is considered as one of the most powerful women in financial technology

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Disability doesn’t mean disadvantage. And Farida Nana Efua Bedwei a celebrated Ghanaian software engineer, is proof of that.

She born on April 6, 1979 is a Ghanaian Software engineer and also

Co-founder of Logiciel, a fin-tech Company in Ghana.

Early Life

Farida Bedwei was born in Lagos, Nigeria.

She primarily lived in the UK, Dominica and Grenada due to the nature of her father’s job, but eventually settled together with the Family at age 9 in Ghana.

She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of one.

cerebral palsy
Farida Bedwei at 18 months old receiving treatment for her cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy is an incurable neurological disorder that affects body movement and muscle coordination but does not interfere with the ability to learn.

Education

Farida Bedwei, the Ghanaian software engineer was home-schooled when she settled in Ghana until the age of 12.

Farida’s parent at the tender age of 15 noticed her early passion for computers.

Due to this, they decided to enrol her in a one-year computer course at the St. Michael information technology centre.

“I’m sure most of my classmates were wondering what I was doing with them.

And that it how I started my career as a software engineer because through that course I realized what aspect of IT I was going to specialize in.

I loved the idea of solving problems and creating things,” she says.

She later obtained a one year degree in Computer Science from the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom (from 2004 to 2005)

Farida Bedwei, the Ghanaian Software Engineer further acquired a certificate in Project Management in 2009 from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

Career

Farida Bedwei firstly began her career as a software developer at Soft Company Ltd (now known as the Softtribe).

she later moved from there to Rancard Solutions Ltd, where she progressed from the position of solutions analyst to Senior Software Architect from 2001 to 2010.

In 2010, the Ghanaian Software engineer, moved to G-Life Micro-finance

where she was responsible for designing and implementing new products and services.

In April 2011 she left to set up her own company, Logiciel Ltd, Accra, Ghana, where she is

the co-founder and chief technology officer.

At Logiciel Ltd, she led the creation and successful implementation of gKudi, a web-based (cloud) banking software suite for the micro-finance industry.

130 micro-finance institutions nationwide uses the gKudi.

she also created a cerebral palsy superhero. Her comic character called ‘Karmzah’ gets her power from her crutches that she has to use for her cerebral palsy.

Karmzah cover image
Karmzah cover image

In 2015 she also authored her first book, a mini-autobiography titled: Definition of a miracle.

Farida Bedwei is considered one of the most powerful women in financial technology on the continent.

As a result, in 2013, South Africa’s CEO Magazine named her the most influential woman in business

and government in Africa for the financial sector.

Farida Bedwei, Ghanaian software engineer with cerebral palsy
Farida Bedwei awarded at the closing ceremony of the 2018 World Youth Forum (WYF)

 

Bibliography

[1] – CNN Article – https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/13/africa/farida-bedwei-ghanaian-software-genius/index.html

[2] – Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farida_Bedwei

[3] – Africa News Article – http://www.africanews.com/2018/12/04/farida-bedwei-ghana-s-disability-rights-advocate-speaks-to-africanews

2 COMMENTS

  1. I love this young woman and her zeal to move on to where she wants to be May she continue to be an inspiration to young people.God bless her and her parents who encouraged her

  2. An amazing woman, continue to rise and be an inspiration to other women, girls and people with physical challenges that they also can do anything they focus on.

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