Farida Bedwei's guest appearances

Farida Bedwei

The Access Champions Podcast

The VA TourismPodcast

Tom Hanks

Andrew Duff

Bryce Johnson

Colleen Mullen

Ali Stroker

John Orr

Megan Carranza

Eric Pateman

Hans Wiberg

Lynn Walsh

Robert Pool

Beth Prevor

Robert Carr

David Germain

James Bagley

OwlTail

In this episode (#11), my guest Farida Bedwei a Ghanaian software engineer, co-founder of a fintech company – Logiciel and disability advocate shares the excruciating pains people with disabilities go through when embarking on tourism expedition. She believes when things are done with inclusion in mind everyone wins and opens up on her demystifying disabilities project. She co-founded a fintech company - Logiciel, which promotes financial inclusion by building micro-banking systems for financial institutions. She has won many awards across Africa for her work in the technology industry as well as her activism in promoting disability awareness. She has been featured on CNN African Voices, BBC, MSNBC Africa, DW Radio, and many other local and international media platforms. She is also a self-published author, having written her first book, “Definition of a miracle”, a few years ago. In October 2018, Farida teamed up with Leti Arts to author the first comic book featuring a superheroine with Cerebral Palsy - Karmzah

In this episode (#11), my guest Farida Bedwei a Ghanaian software engineer, co-founder of a fintech company – Logiciel and disability advocate shares the excruciating pains people with disabilities go through when embarking on tourism expedition. She believes when things are done with inclusion in mind everyone wins and opens up on her demystifying disabilities project. She co-founded a fintech company - Logiciel, which promotes financial inclusion by building micro-banking systems for financial institutions. She has won many awards across Africa for her work in the technology industry as well as her activism in promoting disability awareness. She has been featured on CNN African Voices, BBC, MSNBC Africa, DW Radio, and many other local and international media platforms. She is also a self-published author, having written her first book, “Definition of a miracle”, a few years ago. In October 2018, Farida teamed up with Leti Arts to author the first comic book featuring a superheroine with Cerebral Palsy - Karmzah

Disability Advocate Farida Bedwei opens up on her journey and calls for real inclusion in the Tourism Industry

This week’s guest calls in all the way from Ghana. Farida Bedwei joins us to discuss her evolution into one of Ghana’s leading advocates. We chat about her advocacy work, the state of access and inclusion in Ghana, and where she sees it heading. We also discuss her journey to creating Karmzah, the world’s first comic book hero with cerebral palsy. She tells us how the concept came to be, her thoughts on representation in comic books, and what she hopes to do in the future to help change that.Subscribe and Share:iTunes: https://goo.gl/Qcf4Nd GooglePlay:https://goo.gl/C1pu1Z SoundCloud: https://goo.gl/1sP9NJStitcher: https://goo.gl/jUJC77Transcript: https://goo.gl/YxBFB6 (Sponsored by c2 Captioning http://c2net.org/ )CNN Article: https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/africa/farida-bedwei-ghanaian-software-genius/index.html  BBC on Karmzah:https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-45998421/cerebral-palsy-superhero-creator-i-decided-representation-mattersAaron Gold’s Episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-926563514/episode-12-expanding-the-yes-and-universe-with-aaron-gold You Are Not Alone: https://magnettheater.com/show/46305/ Follow us at @AccessChampion on Twitter &amp; InstagramContact us at accesschampion@gmail.com

This week’s guest calls in all the way from Ghana. Farida Bedwei joins us to discuss her evolution into one of Ghana’s leading advocates. We chat about her advocacy work, the state of access and inclusion in Ghana, and where she sees it heading. We also discuss her journey to creating Karmzah, the world’s first comic book hero with cerebral palsy. She tells us how the concept came to be, her thoughts on representation in comic books, and what she hopes to do in the future to help change that. Subscribe and Share: iTunes: <a href="https://goo.gl/Qcf4Nd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/Qcf4Nd</a> GooglePlay:<a href="https://goo.gl/C1pu1Z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/C1pu1Z</a> SoundCloud: <a href="https://goo.gl/1sP9NJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/1sP9NJ</a> Stitcher: <a href="https://goo.gl/jUJC77" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/jUJC77</a> Transcript: <a href="https://goo.gl/YxBFB6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/YxBFB6</a> (Sponsored by c2 Captioning <a href="http://c2net.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://c2net.org/</a> ) CNN Article: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/africa/farida-bedwei-ghanaian-software-genius/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/africa/farida-bedwei-ghanaian-software-genius/index.html</a> BBC on Karmzah:<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-45998421/cerebral-palsy-superhero-creator-i-decided-representation-matters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-45998421/cerebral-palsy-superhero-creator-i-decided-representation-matters</a> Aaron Gold’s Episode: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-926563514/episode-12-expanding-the-yes-and-universe-with-aaron-gold" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/user-926563514/episode-12-expanding-the-yes-and-universe-with-aaron-gold</a> You Are Not Alone: <a href="https://magnettheater.com/show/46305/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://magnettheater.com/show/46305/</a> Follow us at @AccessChampion on Twitter &amp; Instagram Contact us at accesschampion@gmail.com

Episode Thirty Five: Creating Karmzah and being a hero with Farida Bedwei