Farida Nana Efua Bedwei (born 6 April 1979) is a Ghanaian software engineer and cofounder of Logiciel, a fin-tech company in Ghana. Farida Bedwei has built mobile and enterprise applications, and is also known for her knowledge of software architecture, and deploying mobile services, particularly for banking applications.
Farida Bedwei began her career as a software developer at Soft Company Ltd, and moved from there to Rancard Solutions Ltd, where she progressed from the position of solutions analyst to Senior Software Architect from 2001 to 2010. At Rancard, she was responsible for the development of mobility platforms. One of her achievements at Rancard include the development of a content management system for the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and PayBureau, an enterprise web-based payroll application for KPMG Accra.
In 2011, she left to set up her own company, Logiciel Ltd, where she is the co-founder and chief technology officer. She led the creation and successful implementation of gKudi, a web-based (cloud) banking software suite for the micro-finance industry, In 2015, she authored her first book, a mini-autobiography titled: Definition of a miracle. She has since received several awards and appointments including her appointment to the Board of Ghana’s National Communication Authority.
