Tembo was born in 1980 in
Chipata's Jabu Village in the
Eastern Province of Zambia. He attended his primary school in
Lusaka at Chitukuko Primary School and his junior secondary education in Lusaka at Kabulonga School and completed his senior secondary school education in 1997 at
Hillcrest Technical Secondary School in
Livingstone. He is a holder of a bachelor's degree in Accountancy obtained from the
Copperbelt University He is also a holder of a master's degree in Business Administration obtained from
University of Derby. He is the founder of Enosyst Associates, an audit & business advisory services firm. He has also served as Assistant Superintendent of the
Zambia Police Service. Tembo is currently the president of the Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) political party. As the PEP president, Sean Tembo decided to join the
Opposition Alliance in 2018 and was appointed as the spokesperson of the alliance. However, on 11 July 2019, Tembo decided that his party should leave the alliance due to disagreements. As the PEP president, Sean Tembo decided to join the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA), an alliance of political parties, in May 2024. He then joined the
Tonse Alliance in September 2024 and was appointed as the spokesperson of the alliance. Due to the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) not being in support of a political party belonging to more than one alliance, it was decided that Tembo and his party (PEP) are no-longer part of UKA. On 7 January 2026, Sean Tembo decided that his Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) party will resign from being part of the
Tonse Alliance. ==Personal life==