| Intro | Nigerian businessperson | ||
| Is | Businessperson | ||
| From | Nigeria | ||
| Type | Business | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth |
3 January 1985, Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
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| Age | 35 years | ||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||
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Temitope Ogunsemo (born 3 January 1984) is a Nigerian technology entrepreneur, popularly known as the founder and CEO of Krystal Digital, an information technology company providing information management system to government-owned secondary schools in Nigeria.
Temitope was named as the West African Personality of the year 2018 by the ECOWAS Youth Council. In 2018, he was also profiled in Forbes as one of the 30 most promising young entrepreneurs in Africa.
Early Life and Education
Temitope was born a triplet into a family of six children. Temitope is an alumnus of King’s College, Lagos where he completed his secondary education. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Ibadan and a Master of Science degree in Information Management System from the University of Salford, UK.
Career
Temitope ventured into entrepreneurship at a very young age, setting up businesses even while he was still in the University recording successes and failures as he grew. After obtaining his first degree, Temitope worked on a number of projects before founding his company, Krystal Digital one he started only after going through an ordeal in recovering his transcript from his Alma mater. Temitope said:
“I saw the opportunity to develop a school management system that would not only improve the storage and retrieval of academic records but also position these schools to harness the benefits of digitization.”
Krystal Digital
In 2011, Temitope founded Krystal Digital, a Edtech company with personal savings and zero funding. Today, the company’s flagship product, Myskool Portal boast of over 65,000 active student users and is functional in all government-owned secondary schools in Nigeria. In 2017, Krystal Digital won the Tech company of the year award at the Nigeria Technology Award. In November 2018, Krystal Digital was awarded Most Enterprising ICT Organisation at the Nigeria entrepreneurs Award ceremony.
Personal life
Temitope lives in Lagos, Nigeria with his wife, Folashade Ogunsemo and their two sons. When he is not doing business or investing in startups, Temitope enjoys speaking and teaching at various events and workshops.
Awards and recognition
- Royal African Award, 2020 – Royal African Young Leadership Forum
- Alumni Achievement Award, 2019 – University of Salford
- African Child Prize for Integrity in Business Leadership, 2019 – African Child Foundation
- 30 Most Influential Global Youth Leader, 2019 – Pan African Youth Leadership Foundation
- 100 Most Influential Young Persons, 2018 – Confederation of West African Youth
- Tech Start-Up Founder/CEO of the year 2018 – Nigeria Technology Award
- Young CEO of the year 2018 – Young CEO’s Business Forum
- Honorary Award for Outstanding Performance in ICT, 2018 – MAYA Award
- Special Recognition Award, 2016 – Nigerian Technology Awards