Farida Bedwei, an interview with Under40CEOs

PART 1

“Hi, I am Farida Bedwey, and I am an under-40 CEO!”

Introduction:

Farida was born in Lagos, N_________, but she spent her early childhood life in Dominica,
Grenada and then the ___.
Her family moved to Ghana ____ ___ ___ _ ____ ___. At 10 ____ old, Farida ________ed
cerebral palsy, from rhesus in__________ty of her parents. Hence, she was __________ed
by her mother until she turned __.

Despite the _________ accompanying her disability, Farida has become a respected and
seasoned software developer with over 12 years of experience in developing business and
mobile applications. Farida Bedwei is co-founder and Chief Technical Officer at Logiciel.

Spot these adverbs and conjonctions in the introduction:

puis: _______, en conséquence, pour cette raison: __________, en dépit de :___________

jusqu’à ce que : _________________,

Edited interview:
Greetings:
“Welcome to Under40CEOs, Farida!”
“Thank you for having me.”
Origin:
“Now, Farida, it’s on record that you’re from Cape Coast, but then people said that you were
born in Nigeria. So there’s this tussle between G_____ and N_______. “She’s ours!” “No,
she’s ours!” Now, tell me once and for all: where are you from?”
“I’m Ghanaian, but it’s true: I was born in Lagos.”

Go online and take a few minutes to visit the places mentioned in the video; using Google
Earth, take a ride in the cities of…
Accra, Ghana - Cape Coast, Ghana - Lagos, Nigeria and Bedfordshire University, UK.

You stop here for today!