Kehinde Kamson
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- Queens College Lagos
- University of Lagos
- Lagos Business School
Kehinde Kamson | |
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| Born | August 14, 1961 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree in Accounting |
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| Father | Adeleke Beniah Adelaja |
Kehinde Kamson (born 14 August 1961 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian entrepreneur, business leader, and philanthropist. She works in the fast food and business sectors in Nigeria.[1] She is best known as the Founder and CEO of Sweet Sensation Confectionery Limited – one of the strongest brands in the fast food industry in Nigeria[2] which she started from a backyard shed and a tiny converted security house with just two used air conditioners and a few other refurbished scrap equipment, after giving up a lucrative accounting career. She is one of those credited with changing the competitive outlook of the Quick Service Restaurant industry in Nigeria thereby leading to the astronomical growth seen in the industry in the 90s and first decade of the 2000s.[3]
Kamson's parents were educators. Her father, Adeleke Beniah Adelaja, was one of the principals of the Church Missionary Society Grammar School (CMS Grammar School) - the oldest secondary grammar school in Nigeria. Kehinde's mother, Omoba Adebayo Evangelin Adelaja was the proprietress of Eva Adelaja Secondary School – a secondary school in Lagos, Nigeria. Kamson was born a twin on 14 August 1961. The twins were the last of six children.
Her nursery school was at the International Women's Society Nursery School in Lagos while her primary school was University of Lagos Staff School.
Kehinde was tom boyish as a kid and it all started with eight boys. One of Eva Adelaja's siblings who always came around to celebrate Christmas and Easter with Kehinde's family had eight sons. Whenever Kehinde's father was serving outside Lagos, her parents would send her and her twin brother to the uncle's house and she would find herself having nine boys as playmates. There was no sport the nine boys and one girl didn't do, from pole vaulting to high jumping to playing football. Those translated into the roles she played in her secondary school - St Anne's School, Ibadan, Nigeria - where she was into high jumping and table tennis.
She was nominated to represent her school and eventually West Africa in the bid to qualify for the All African Games. She has a gold medal for playing table tennis for West Africa but she didn't make it to the All African games.
She did her A-Levels at Queens College in Lagos and earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She is also a graduate of the Lagos Business School.