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Lady Kehinde Kamson, KJW, (born 14 August 1961 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian entrepreneur, business leader and philanthropist. She is one of the pioneers in the fast food sector and an outstanding female business leader in Nigeria.〔http://www.alertnaija.com〕 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〔http://www.smeclub.net.〕 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. ==Early life and Education== Kehinde Kamson's parents were educators. Her father, Adeleke Beniah Adelaja, was one of the most notable Principals of the Church Missionary Society Grammar School (CMS Grammar School) - the oldest secondary grammar school in Nigeria. Beniah who was fondly referred to by his students as “Oga”, “the Boss” or “Canon Adelaja”, trained and mentored thousands of students, many of whom went on to occupy leadership positions in Nigeria. Kehinde’s mother, Omoba Adebayo Evangelin Adelaja was the proprietress of Eva Adelaja Secondary School – a secondary school in Lagos, Nigeria. Apart from being an educator, she was also a serial business woman. She was an exceptional woman who, together with Kehinde’s dad, gave her the foundation she needed to get a chance at having a good life. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kehinde Kamson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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