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

'Gbenga Sesan is a social entrepreneur with a well established commitment to delivering ICTs to the under served. He professes a world-class and result-laden career in the application of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) – for individuals, institutions, nation-states, regional entities and the international community.

‘Gbenga Sesan (born Oluwagbenga Olabisi Sesan on July 27, 1977) is the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) Originally trained as an Electronic and Electrical Engineer at Obafemi Awolowo University.‘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.

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, and former member of the United Nations Committee of eLeaders on Youth and ICT, he is a CyberStewards Fellow, Crans Montana Forum Fellow, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow , Ashoka Fellow, Ashoka Fellow, Our Common Future and Cordes Fellow, ‘Gbenga served as a member of the Presidential committees on Harmonization of Information Technology, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Sectors (2006), and Roadmap for the Achievement of Accelerated Universal Broadband Infrastructure and Services Provision (2013), and was listed by CNN as one of the Top 10 African Tech Voices on Twitter, and by Ventures Africa as one of 40 African Legends Under 40.

‘Gbenga is married to Temilade Sesan PhD, an expert on Energy Poverty and Development issues in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2016, Gbenga revealed that at the end of 2017, he would hand over his role as CEO to someone else to pursue policy.

‘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”. 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”, 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" 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, in 2009 and it was published by London-based Imprimata Publishers. Some of his published works include Digital Lifestyle of Connected Nigerians,Echoes From Ajegunle: Stories of Transformed Lives, From Small Steps to Giant Leap, ICTs for Development: A Social Entrepreneur’s Perspective, Ajegunle.org: Changing Ajegunle, 25 Youths at a time and Social Enterprise in Africa: An Emerging Concept in an Emerging Economy

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