Sybil Esi Obeng-Sintim’s career as a speaker, author, and entrepreneur has evolved through volunteering, structured employment, business experiments, and, ultimately, a commitment to value-based work. She’s building a speaking career around faith, finance, and personal development. Her story shows how curiosity, consistency, and storytelling can compound into both impact and income, without chasing money for money’s sake.
The Beginning
Sybil’s journey starts with numbers. She studied actuarial science, an applied mathematics field, and served as a class representative while at university. On paper, she understood finance deeply. In reality, her bank account told a different story.
“My project work was about investing in stocks and bonds,” she says. “I got an A, but it wasn’t reflecting in my bank account.”
That gap between theory and lived reality became the seed of everything that followed.
Her first real paid work came through the expected route. While still in university, Sybil interned at a health insurance company in Ghana. The internship wasn’t salaried in the traditional sense.
After graduating, she was retained and worked in the actuarial department, where she built her Microsoft Excel skills and learnt how to document her work, which has helped her significantly in her journey.
Making the Most Of Every Season and Opportunities
After insurance, Sybil embraced experimentation. She volunteered with organizations she aligned with, designed carousels, supported event planning, and learned through observation.
“I was just learning on the job,” she says. “That season really helped me.”
One of those roles paid around ₵1,000, but money wasn’t the main motivation. “It wasn’t as profitable as insurance,” she explains. “I was exploring.”
She stayed for only a few months, but the volunteering stretched longer. She worked with well-known people in Ghana, observed how events were run, and how rooms were managed.
“That’s what helped me later with my own book launch,” she says. While volunteering extensively, Sybil also started her first business: selling meditation journals for Christians who struggle to meditate consistently on the Word of God because of their busy schedules.
The business is called The Dew Collection. She sold out her first batch in 2024, largely because of pricing and positioning. “I made about three times my investment,” she explains.
In 2025, Sybil wrote her first book: Let God Write Your Story. She launched it in 2025 with 60 people in attendance. She’s on a journey to getting that book into the hands of 2000+ people.
Discovering Personal Finance
Sybil didn’t come to personal finance because it was trendy. She came because she was looking for answers.
“I was looking for how a Ghanaian can start saving and start investing with the little they have,” she says.
Her search led her to “Investment Friend”, a financial organisation that empowers young people towards financial independence. She bought their course, practiced what she learned, and began investing and saving in small amounts.
As she learned, she noticed something else: people were already coming to her for advice.
“Most people come to me for finance advice,” she says. “So I thought, why don’t I actually start something?”
Due to her love for personal finance and personal development, she co-founded Planted To Blossom. It is a community-driven organization dedicated to empowering individuals across industries with the tools, knowledge, and connections to grow personally and financially.
Around the same period, Sybil worked with a consulting firm, assisting a coach who served clients like the Mastercard Foundation and other financial institutions.
Her role involved research, reporting, and observing high-level client sessions.
“I didn’t even know that role existed,” she says. “But it was a good learning experience.”
It also sharpened her understanding of value and how expertise translates into money.
Choosing Speaking Full-Time
In late 2025, Sybil made a decisive call. “The roles I was applying for, the pay wasn’t good,” she says. “And I realized I could charge the same amount for one speaking engagement and get it in an hour.”
Between low pay, long commutes, and time lost in Accra traffic, the math stopped making sense.
“So I thought, why don’t I just concentrate on this since I enjoy doing it?”
She enrolled in a public speaking class, practiced intentionally, and doubled down on content creation. She began working with brands, collaborating online, and sharing her thoughts through Instagram carousels.
“I tell stories,” she says. “That’s how I stay memorable.”
What’s Next?
Sybil is clear about her motivation. “I’m not entirely driven by money,” she says. “Money follows value.” Her focus is impact and service with money as a response, not the goal.
“That’s how I can charge with confidence,” she explains. “Because I know the value people will get.”
The financial lesson I hold so dear is: Don’t invest in what you don’t understand.
Finally, never stop trying, trust God, and talk about what you do online.
I’ve lived many lives, but one lesson ties them all together: money is only as powerful as its utility. Through my work, I share stories about money and create guides for Africans who want to get the best out of theirs.