Mrs. Thelma Teetee Ahamba
(Liberia’s first LinkedIn Consultant, Author and Marketing Strategist)
Mrs. Thelma Teetee Ahamba is Liberia’s first LinkedIn Consultant helping entrepreneurs and professionals understand and leverage the platform for their growth and success.
She is a Digital Marketing Strategist, Content Creator and Author of several ebooks and now ‘The Drive: The Passion, Pains, Struggles and Successes of a Refugee Girl.’
At age 9, Thelma found herself in Ghana as a refugee together with her single mum and sisters at Buduburam.
With the help of kind hearted people, she was enrolled in school and completed SHS at the age of 17.
The head of her basic school took responsibility for her fees seeing how brilliant she is. Her sisters chose to stay home so she could go to school since she was younger.
By 24, she had completed Wisconsin University College with a degree in Marketing. All these she did with scholarships and donations from kind people. While in school, she started a small business called Ahamba Klothing and Colorful Lemonade Apparels where she makes beautiful African attires for sale.
After more than a decade of life as a refugee, she returned to her homeland four years ago to contribute her quota.
In her book “The Drive”, Thelma narrates her journey of survival, determination and resilience in beating the odds to become of beacon of hope to her generation and beyond.
Her goal is to impact lives globally, to inspire others who are at their lowlights especially the marginalized, to let them know that anything is possible as long as GOD is on your side and you’re determined to make it happen.
This book is the beginning of an Impact campaign. Each book purchase is an automatic donation of another copy at schools in refugee camps starting with Liberia and Ghana and a fraction of the profit will go towards sending two young people to an affordable vocational skills training institution in Liberia.
Her book is available on Amazon for purchase https://amazon.com/author/thelmaahamba
“I don’t believe in peer pressure and my mum has been so helpful,” she said when asked how she grew in good character.
Thelma is a full time Data and Device Specialist at Lonestar Cell MTN.She is also studying for a masters degree in Management of Information Systems. You can follow her journey across social media @themmywryt.
(Information from edwardasare.com , Leading Ladies Africa Facebook)