Peace Hyde is a British-Ghanaian television producer, TV host, creator, journalist, and education activist.[2] She is the creator and executive producer of Netflix's first African reality TV series Young, Famous & African, as well as the Head of Digital Media and Partnership and West African correspondent at Forbes Africa.[3][4][5] She is the founder of Aim Higher Africa, a non-profit focused on improving the quality of education in impoverished communities across Africa.[6] In 2019, she was awarded the African Social Impact Award at the House of Parliament, House of Commons in the UK.[7][8][9][10]
Early life and education
Hyde was born and raised in London, where she resided until 2015 before moving to Ghana. In her early years in London, she briefly practiced as a child psychologist before embarking on a career as a science teacher specialising in physics, chemistry and biology.[11]
Hyde holds positions as the head of Digital Media and the West African Correspondent at Forbes Africa.[14][15][16][17]
Hyde's work as a journalist has been featured in Black Enterprise, Huffington Post, Ebony and Fox News.[18] She was included in the United Nations' list of Most Influential People of African Descent list for 2017 and 2018.[19] Hyde serves as a judge for the CNBC All Africa Business Leaders Awards, The Chivas Venture Fund, and the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award.[20][21]
Education activism
Hyde founded the non-profit organisation called Aim Higher Africa with the aim of empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs and change-makers in Africa.[22][23][24]
In 2018, Hyde launched a skills acquisition center in Yaba, Nigeria, providing free education and skills training for start-ups.
Media entrepreneurship
Hyde served as the creator and executive producer of the first ever African reality TV series on Netflix, Young, Famous & African.[citation needed] Hyde has created, produced, and hosted two talk shows: Forbes Africa's My Worst Day with Peace Hyde (3 seasons), where she interviews Africa's billionaires, and Against the Odds (2 seasons) on CNBC Africa's Forbes Woman Africa segment.[citation needed]
Hyde has also worked as a producer for the Vice News documentary Inside Nigeria's push to end police brutality.[citation needed] She has hosted her own talk show, Friday Night Live, which ran for 4 seasons as well as the music talent competition MTN Hitmaker in Ghana for three seasons.[citation needed]
Hyde has been invited to speak at the Flourish Africa Conference, which was organised by Folorunso Alakija.[28] Hyde has also been a speaker at TEDxAccra, TEDxKumasi, Global Social Awards in Prague, Essence, Africa 2018 Forum in Egypt, Social Media Week Lagos, and Hustle in Heels London.[29][30][31][32]
