Gbenga Sesan

'Gbenga Sesan
Born Oluwagbenga Olabisi Sesan
Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Other names Olabisi
Occupation Social Entrepreneur
Known for ICT For Development, ICT Policy, Capacity Building

Education

‘Gbenga Sesan (born Oluwagbenga Olabisi Sesan on July 27, 1977) is the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) [1] Originally trained as an Electronic and Electrical Engineer at Obafemi Awolowo University.[2]‘Gbenga completed Executive Education programs at Lagos Business School, New York Group for Technology Transfer, Oxford University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Santa Clara University and University of the Pacific.

Career

His consulting experience includes assignments completed for numerous institutions, including Microsoft, Harvard University and United Nations agencies, among others, in over 30 countries. A Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year,[3] and former member of the United Nations Committee of eLeaders on Youth and ICT,[4] he is a CyberStewards Fellow,[5] Crans Montana Forum Fellow,[6] Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow , Ashoka Fellow,[7] Ashoka Fellow,[8] Our Common Future and Cordes Fellow,[9] ‘Gbenga served as a member of the Presidential committees on Harmonization of Information Technology, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Sectors (2006),[10] and Roadmap for the Achievement of Accelerated Universal Broadband Infrastructure and Services Provision (2013),[11] and was listed by CNN as one of the Top 10 African Tech Voices on Twitter,[12] and by Ventures Africa as one of 40 African Legends Under 40.[13]

‘Gbenga is married to Temilade Sesan PhD,[14] an expert on Energy Poverty and Development issues in sub-Saharan Africa.[15]

Publications

‘Gbenga’s writing efforts have helped produce five books and numerous published works. “Wh@t’s Next? The Future of the Information Society - A Youth Perspective” was edited by Youth for Intergenerational Justice and Sustainability, and TakingITGlobal. Featuring young authors from every continent, the book describes what young people are doing with ICTs today, and attempts to describe the direction of the Information Society. 'Gbenga also contributed towards the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa's “Africa Networking: Development Information, ICTs and Governance[16]”. He wrote the chapter titled, "African Youth in the Information Society". In November 2005, ‘Gbenga completed editorial work on “Global Process, Local Reality: Nigerian Youth Lead Action in the Information Society[17]”, which was presented at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. "ICTs for Development: The Challenges of Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Africa[18]" was published by Nigerian Communications Commission/Growing Businesses Foundation/Club of Rome in September 2006 and featured a chapter on "Telecentres in Nigeria" by 'Gbenga. He completed work on his first attempt at an autobiography, In My Own Words[19], in 2009 and it was published by London-based Imprimata Publishers. Some of his published works include Digital Lifestyle of Connected Nigerians,[20] Echoes From Ajegunle: Stories of Transformed Lives, From Small Steps to Giant Leap[21], ICTs for Development: A Social Entrepreneur’s Perspective[22], Ajegunle.org: Changing Ajegunle, 25 Youths at a time[23] and Social Enterprise in Africa: An Emerging Concept in an Emerging Economy[24]

Family

‘Gbenga is married to Temilade Sesan, PhD,[25] an expert on Energy Poverty and Development issues in sub-Saharan Africa. They got married on January 17, 2009,[26] on Temilade's birthday anniversary. His son 'Ladi Sesan was born on February 2, 2015.

Honours and Awards

In 2014, 'Gbenga was named Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014, In 2013, he was on the BusinessDay 40Under40 list. In 2012, he was listed by CNN as one of the 10 Leading African Tech Voices on Twitter, and by Ventures Africa as one of 40 African Legends U n d e r 40 . 'Gbenga has been honoured with the 2011 Cordes Fellowship, 2010 S a n t a C l a r a University GSBI Fellowship, 2010 Crans Montana Forum of New Leaders Fellowship award, 2010 Our Common Future Fellowship award, 2009 OAU Distinguished Alumni award, 2009 National Youth Merit award, 2008 OAU Ife EEESS Distinguished Alumni award, 2008 FGC Idoani Alumni award, 2007 Nigerian Youth Leadership award, 2007 The Future Youth Advocacy award, 2006 International Telecommunications Union(ITU) YES Scholarship award, 2006 O n d o S t a t e Sunshine award, 2006 The Future Best Use of Technology award, 2005 Stockholm Challenge Champion honour, 2004 NiPRO Excellence in Information Technology award, 2003 JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) in Nigeria award, 2002 JCI Ten Outstanding Great Ife Alumni (TOGA) award, 2002 Journalists’ Frontier of Technology in Nigeria award, and the 2001 ITU African Youth Fellowship award.

References

  1. ↑ 'Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria
  2. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga (2009). "OAU honors Ndukwe with honorary Doctor of Technology". Vanguard (Nigeria). Retrieved 2009.
  3. ↑ Schwab (2014). "The Social Entrepreneurs Year 2014". Schwab Foundation. Schwab Foundation. Retrieved 2014. Schwab Foundation
  4. ↑ "Project TIG". TIG Web. Talking IT Global. 2001.
  5. ↑ CyberStewards Member, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria
  6. ↑ "2010 New Leaders For Tomorrow". Crans Montana. crans Montana. 2010. Retrieved 2010. Extraordinary Crans Montana Forum
  7. ↑ "Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow". African Leadership Institute. African Leadership Institute. 2007. Retrieved 2014. 2007 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow
  8. ↑ "Ashoka Fellow". Ashoka. Ashoka. 2008. Retrieved 2015. ASHOKA INNOVATORS FOR THE PUBLIC
  9. ↑ "Our Common Future and Cordes Fellow". Our Common Future. Our Common Future. Retrieved 2010. Common Future and Cordes
  10. ↑ "Nigeria - FG Moves to Restructure Telecom Sector". Siemens. Retrieved 2006. Siemens
  11. ↑ "Meet Nigeria’s broadband road map cartographers". Bunmi Adeniyi. 2012. Retrieved 2015. Technology Times
  12. ↑ "10 African tech voices to follow on Twitter". CNN. CNN. 2012. Retrieved 2015. CNN
  13. ↑ "FORTY-FORTY: A COMPENDIUM OF YOUNG AFRICAN LEGENDS". Ventures Africa. Ventures Africa. 2012. Retrieved 2015. Ventures Africa
  14. ↑ "Temilade and ‘Gbenga". T & G. ‘Gbenga Sesan. 2009. Retrieved 2015. Temi and ‘Gbenga
  15. ↑ "Dr. Temilade Sesan". Centre For Petroleum Energy Economics & law (CPEEL) University Of Ibadan. CPEEL. 2014. Retrieved 2015. CPEEL
  16. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga (2004). African Youth in the Information Society in Africa Networking: Development Information, ICTs and Governance (with Mihyo, P.). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. pp. 125–139. ISBN 978-90-5727-052-9.
  17. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga (2005). Global Process, Local Reality: Nigerian Youth Lead Action in the Information Society. Lagos, Nigeria: Paradigm Initiative Nigeria. ISBN 978-068-094-2.
  18. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga (2006). Telecenters in Nigeria. Abuja, Nigeria: Nigerian Communications Commission/Growing Businesses Foundation/Club of Rome. pp. 263–272. ISBN 978-070-671-2.
  19. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga (2009). In My Own Words. London: Imprimata. ISBN 978-1-906192-33-4.
  20. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga (2010). Anthology of Abstracts of the 3rd International Conference on ICT for Africa. Yaoundé, Cameroon: International Center for IT and Development.
  21. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga (February 2010). "From Small Steps to Giant Leaps: Putting Research into Practice". Engineers Without Borders (UK) National Research Conference 2010 Journal: 106–108.
  22. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga (February 2009). "The Social Dimensions of Engineering Research". Engineers Without Borders (UK) National Research Conference 2009 Journal: 243–249.
  23. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga; Nwosu, U. (December 2007). "Ajegunle.org: Changing Ajegunle, 25 Youths at a time". Telecentre Magazine. 1 1: 41–42.
  24. ↑ Sesan, 'Gbenga (October 2006). "Educational Research and Reviews". International NGO Journal. 1 1: 4–8.
  25. ↑ "Nottingham University eTheses". Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  26. ↑ "Wedding Website". Retrieved 27 September 2012.

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