Gbenga Sesan

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Gbenga Sesan (b. July 27, 1977) was appointed Nigeria's first Information Technology Youth Ambassador in November 2001. His interest and work is built around "Youth Bridging the Digital Divide". He has often expressed his strong belief in the potential that Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) hold for Nigeria and Africa. He has been an active participant at national, regional, and international discussions on the need for Africa's inclusion in the Information Society, and has consulted widely for numerous organisations, including the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) -- where he is presently the Vice Chair of the African Technical Advisory Committee. He is Program Manager of Lagos Digital Village, a multistakeholder telecenter project that provides training, research and mentorship opportunities for underserved youth in Nigeria. ‘Gbenga is also leading a team of other telecenter stakeholders towards hosting the first meeting of the Nigerian Telecenters' Network, an initiative supported by Telecenters.org. He was also appointed as the youngest member of the Presidential Task Force on the Restructuring of the Nigerian Information Technology and Telecommunications sectors in August 2006.

Gbenga was a recipient of the 2007 "Youth Advocacy" award, 2006 "Best Use of Technology" award, 2005 "Stockholm Challenge Champion" honour, 2004 "Excellence in Information Technology" award, 2003 "Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Nigeria" award, 2002 "Frontier of Technology in Nigeria" award, and the 2001 International Telecommunication Union's African Youth Fellowship award. He has also been profiled as one of the 35 "Icons of ICT" in Nigeria and is a regular feature of high profile television talk shows, including Patito's Gang and New Dawn with Funmi Iyanda. He has authored various Information Technology seminar papers and articles (www.gbengasesan.com/papers.htm), which have been published by national dailies and on international organizations' websites. He has presented papers at national seminars and has been interviewed and featured by various media houses including This Day newspaper, The Comet newspaper, The Punch newspaper, Insider Weekly magazine, Tribune newspaper, Daily Champion newspaper, Daily Times newspaper, Vanguard newspaper, Financial Standard, IT & Telecom Digest magazine, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Africa Independent Television (AIT), Murhi International Television (MiTV), Voice of Nigeria (VON), AllAfrica.com, CNN Inside Africa, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (Go Digital).

‘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. He is presently involved in three other international book projects that will be published between March and November 2006.

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