In 2014 Giwa was listed as one of the BBC 100 Women. She was the third Nigerian on the list, along with veteran broadcaster Funmi Iyanda and Obiageli Ezekwesili, Nigeria's former minister of education. She was also the youngest on the list. She was described in the selection as someone "to take notice of now [and] in the future", making a difference around the world by the BBC. In 2016, Giwa was invited to give a talk at the London-based TEDxEuston Salon event. Her talk was titled "Healthcare is a Right"  In March 2017, Giwa was named as one of the 100 Most Inspiring Women in Nigeria for 2017. In May 2017, she was selected as part of "six entrepreneurs who demonstrate the positive role women are playing in creating opportunities and preparing the region for the Fourth Industrial Revolution" by the World Economic Forum on Africa. On May 5, 2017, Giwa was listed in the annual Quartz African Innovators List of "more than 30 Africans" who are "taking leadership and control in a wide range of fields including finance, healthcare, education, agriculture, design and many other fields." On November 16, 2019, Giwa was named the winner of Jack Ma's "Africa Netpreneur Prize" which held in Accra, Ghana. The win for LifeBank was worth $250,000. The Prize got applications from more than 10,000 startups from 50 of Africa's 54 countries. Temie lives in Lagos with her husband, Kola Tubosun who is a writer and linguist, and their son, Eniafe.