Gbenga Sesan Explained

Gbenga Sesan
Birth Name:Oluwagbenga Olabisi Sesan
Birth Date:27 July 1977
Birth Place:Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
Nationality:Nigerian
Alma Mater:Obafemi Awolowo University
Other Names:Olabisi
Occupation:Social ICT entrepreneur

Oluwagbenga Olabisi Sesan (born 27 July 1977) is a Nigerian social entrepreneur known for his contributions to the field of ICT.[1]

Early life and education

Sesan was born on July 27, 1977 in Akure, Ondo, Nigeria. He graduated as an Electronic and Electrical Engineer at Obafemi Awolowo University in 2002.[2] Sesan proceeded to Lagos Business School, where he studied at the Executive Education programs.

Career

Sesan is a former member of the United Nations Committee of eLeaders on Youth and ICT.[3] He is also a CyberStewards Fellow,[4] Crans Montana Forum Fellow,[5] Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow, 2007 Ashoka Fellow,[6] [7] Our Common Future[8] and Cordes Fellow.

Sesan served as a member of the Presidential committees on Harmonization of Information Technology, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Sectors (2006),[9] and Roadmap for the Achievement of Accelerated Universal Broadband Infrastructure and Services Provision (2013),[10]

In 2016, Gbenga revealed that at the end of 2017, he would hand over his role as CEO to someone else to pursue policy.[11]

In 2022, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Gbenga to serve on his inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel.[12]

Publications

Some of his published works includes:

Personal life and awards

Sesan resides in Lagos with his wife Temilade. For his contributions to ICT, he was recognised by CNN as "one of the 10 Leading African Tech Voices" on Twitter in 2012.[13] That same year, he was one of 40 African Legends Under 40 list by Nigerian media Ventures Africa.[14] In 2014, the Schwab Foundation named him.among the "Social Entrepreneur of the Year".[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gbenga Sesan: Connecting a Million . www.aljazeera.com . 2017-03-14.
  2. News: OAU honors Ndukwe with honorary Doctor of Technology . Sesan . 'Gbenga . 2009 . Vanguard . 1 February 2009 . Nigeria.
  3. Web site: Project TIG . . 2001 . TIG Web . Talking IT Global.
  4. Web site: CyberStewards Member, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria . 2015-08-08 . 2014-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325114832/https://cyberstewards.org/members/paradigm-initiative-nigeria/ . dead.
  5. Web site: 2010 New Leaders For Tomorrow . 2010 . Crans Montana . Crans Montana . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205037/http://www.cmf.ch/node/157 . 2015-09-23 . dead.
  6. Web site: Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow . 2007 . African Leadership Institute . 2015-07-05 . 2015-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706021122/http://alinstitute.org/fellows/480/ . dead .
  7. Web site: Ashoka Fellow . 2008 . Ashoka.
  8. Web site: Our Common Future and Cordes Fellow . Our Common Future.
  9. Web site: Nigeria — FG Moves to Restructure Telecom Sector . . Siemens . Siemens.
  10. Web site: Meet Nigeria's broadband road map cartographers . . 2012 . Bunmi Adeniyi . Technology Times.
  11. Web site: We (Nigerian Youth) are a generation of excuse givers -- Gbenga Sesan, founder PIN . techpoint.ng . 10 October 2016 . en-US . 2017-03-09.
  12. https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2022-08-16/internet-governance-forum-leadership-panel%C2%A0 Internet Governance Forum Leadership Panel
  13. Web site: 10 African tech voices to follow on Twitter. 2012 . CNN.
  14. Web site: FORTY-FORTY: A COMPENDIUM OF YOUNG AFRICAN LEGENDS . 2012 . Ventures Africa.
  15. Web site: The Social Entrepreneurs Year 2014. Schwab Foundation.

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