Kanja Sesay
Sierra Leonean activist
Alhaji Ibrahim Kanja Sesay (born in 1955 in Bo, Sierra Leone) is a politician in Sierra Leone. He served with the previous government of Sierra Leone headed by President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah (1996-2007) in various roles.
Previous work
In 1990, Kanja Sesay founded and served as the executive director of the Association for Rural Development (ARD). ARD is currently a leading microcredit finance institution in Sierra Leone and Kanja Sesay, following his departure from formal government service, serves as the chairman of its board of directors. [1]
He has previously served as the chairman of the executive committee of the Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (SLANGO) and a member of the board of directors of Sierra Leone Export and Investment Corporation (SLEDIC) [2] Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
After graduating from university, he taught for several years at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School and Prince of Wales Secondary School in Freetown before launching a career in the field of development as a projects officer at Catholic Relief Services.
Education
Kanja Sesay holds a B.A. (Hons.) Degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone (1980) and an M.A. in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands (1987). He also holds a certificate in Executive Management and Strategic Leadership from Templeton College, University of Oxford (2002); and a Certificate in Counter-Disaster Planning and Management jointly from the Mananga Agricultural Management Centre in Swaziland and the Disaster Preparedness Centre, Royal Military College of Science in Cranfield, England (1988).
As a student, he served as the financial secretary of the Bo District Students Union at Bo School and secretary general of the Fourah Bay College Students Union.
Personal life
Kanja Sesay is married with three children. His wife, Fatu Kanja Sesay (née Daramy), is the former Commissioner for Democracy with the National Commission for Democracy and Human Rights.
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