Shelmina Abji

Founder & CEO
Speaker
Author
Board Member
Philanthropist

Shelmina Abji

Founder & CEO
Speaker
Author
Board Member
Philanthropist

About

Shelmina Abji

Shelmina is the Founder and CEO of Show Your Worth.ai. She is the best selling author of Show Your Worth: 8 Intentional Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work, a renowned global keynote speaker, gender equality advocate, TedX speaker, former IBM Vice President, angel investor, philanthropist and a distinguished alumni.

She started with humble beginnings in Tanzania and went from being first in her family to graduate college to becoming one of the highest ranking women of color at IBM while raising her two children as a single mother since they were 2 and 4.

She started her career as a Software Engineer and moved to sales and sales leadership.

She has led global teams and delivered over $1B in revenues annually while consistently maintaining high client satisfaction as well as team morale.

She was responsible for hiring, promoting and compensating thousands of professionals. She has mentored professionals at every level of their career.

She has delivered keynotes at Grace Hopper conference, Google, NASA, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, IBM, T-Mobile, Discover Financial Services, American Express, Deltek, Expedia, Boeing, Edward Jones, Assurant, Avalara, Fitch Ratings, Black Women in STEM, Ascend leadership convention, Harvard University and others.

Bestselling Author of

Show Your Worth

A proven blueprint to accelerate career success and fast track into leadership roles. Show Your Worth takes you on a deep dive into the 8 Intentional Strategies that will help you achieve success.

Founder & CEO of

ShowYourWorth.ai

An ai co-pilot used by professionals from over 65 countries
Powered by AI and centered around Shelmina’s insights from her best selling book, Show Your Worth, this platform provides personalized keys to unlock your career success whether you are starting your career or aiming for the executive suite.
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Keynote Speaker

Shelmina is a renowned international public speaker who energizes audiences to accelerate their career success and emerge as leaders by being intentional and strategic.

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Global Impact

Shelmina and her husband funded Amahoro secondary school in Mgraraganza village of Tanzania in 2012. Today 500+ children from 7 remote villages attend the school. Shelmina provides scholarships to young women from Amahoro to attend college upon graduation. They also funded an early childhood education center in Kanungu, Uganda.

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Mgraraganza Village, Tanzania

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