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Farida Bedwei Quotes

born 1979 Ghana

Farida Nana Efua Bedwei (born 6 April 1979) is a Ghanaian software engineer and co-founder of Logiciel, a fin-tech company in Ghana.

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Ironic that the largest minority group which cuts across race, religion and sexual orientation is (one of) the most discriminated against.

We first of all have to cultivate the habit of reading, before more people would be motivated to write.

There is a lot of potential for fintech in this part of the world.

Representation matters, and persons with disabilities are sorely underrepresented.

A strong female lead, gives a role model for girls to want to emulate.

“People with disability don’t want preferential treatment we want the playing ground to be given so we can compete as competitively as anybody else.”

I intend to change perceptions with my story.

Nobody is perfect. We all have a part of us that doesn’t work well. Identify your disability and turn it into greatness.

If you don’t have a passion for your product and you want to become an entrepreneur because of the money, close up your business and look for a well-paying job.

All my life I’ve been told to remove the word ‘I can’t’ from my vocabulary and replace it with ‘I’ll try’ and by grace, everything I’ve tried I’ve been successful at.

I didn’t set out to impact anybody. I set out to prove to myself and to society that I could be a successful software developer despite having a neurological condition.

You must put in the work. Do not expect a free pass just because you have special needs. You need to be exceptionally good at what you are doing but institutions also need to put up an enabling environment that lets people with special needs be as productive as they can be.

I tell myself, “You can do this, you’ve done more difficult things and survived. And even if you don’t make this deal or you can’t do this task, life goes on”. My faith has also played an important role.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Farida Bedwei (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.