Gbemisola Esho is a technologist and a lifelong learner she combines her passion in media as a data journalist finding and investigating things along with Cybersecurity and Cloud Computing a member of the Wanadata, a group of Pan-African Female journalists, data scientists, and technologists. She volunteers as an editor on Wikipedia and is a community lead in the African Wikimedia Technical Community.
She is a certified Multi-Cloud Engineer and a Professional Project Manager.
A civic technologist, an ICFJ ILAB fellow of Religious Extremism, a fellow of the African Civic Engagement Academy, a US Department of State-sponsored program, a GRidArendal Environmental Fellow, a Digital Sherlock Fellow, and a fellow of the Internet Society Nigeria.
She also leads a non-governmental organization, Connectobridge, that is technology-driven and focused on training, skill development, and empowerment, with a focus on Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity.
As a security professional, she believes in educating and creating awareness about security, particularly cybersecurity. She writes on the Substack Connectobridge platform, which has a series of podcasts on human trafficking.
As a fact checker and journalist, she has written primarily on politics, security, and the environment. As a blogger, she blogs about global issues and technology, particularly AWS tools and products; as an AWS Community Builder, she also contributes to the Google Cloud blog
A Google Women Techmaker, Gbemisola strongly advocates DEI, especially for women in technology.
On a typical day, she is on social media looking to fact-check disinformation, trying to curb the spread of fake news, sharing information, and seeking collaboration or writing data-driven stories.
An advocate of digital transformation supports journalism with new media, tools, and technology.
Gbemisola believes in the power of technology in problem-solving and behavioral change to attain peak performance.
She has spoken in different conferences include Google Annual Devfest, International Women's Day Celebrations and Privcon
She is Fellow of the Nigerian School of Internet Governance and volunteers as chair of the Online Safety Group Research and Policy Development SIG.