'Gbenga Sesan is the  Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, a pan-African social enterprise  working on digital inclusion and digital rights through its offices in  Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe. He is a member of the  United Nations Secretary-General’s Internet Governance Forum (IGF) High-Level  Leadership Panel. Before starting Paradigm Initiative, ‘Gbenga led the Lagos  Digital Village, a joint project of Junior Achievement of Nigeria, Microsoft  and the Lagos State Government. Originally trained as an Electronic and  Electrical Engineer at Obafemi Awolowo University, he completed Executive  Education programs at Lagos Business School, New York Group for Technology  Transfer, Oxford University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Santa  Clara University, University of the Pacific and INSEAD. 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, Our Common Future Fellow 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). ‘Gbenga is married to Temilade Sesan, PhD, an  Energy Poverty and Development expert.

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