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Ghanaian media personality

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 , 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 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 is an alumna of Middlesex University, where she obtained a degree in psychology.^[12][13]

Career

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 and ^[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 , 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 was named to the United Nations' Most Influential People of African Descent list for and ^{[citation needed]} She was among the Inaugural Obama Foundation Africa Leaders, having been shortlisted by President Barack Obama from a pool of 30, African leaders in ^[25][26][27]

Public speaking

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 Forum in Egypt, Social Media Week Lagos, and Hustle in Heels London.^{[29][30][31][32]}

Awards and recognition

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