# Peace Hyde

Peace Hyde is a British-Ghanaian television producer, TV host, creator, journalist, and education activist. 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. She is the founder of Aim Higher Africa, a non-profit focused on improving the quality of education in impoverished communities across Africa. In 2019, she was awarded the African Social Impact Award at the House of Parliament, House of Commons in the UK.

## 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.
Hyde is an alumna of Middlesex University, where she obtained a degree in psychology.

## Career

Hyde holds positions as the head of Digital Media and the West African Correspondent at Forbes Africa.
Hyde's work as a journalist has been featured in Black Enterprise, Huffington Post, Ebony and Fox News. She was included in the United Nations' list of Most Influential People of African Descent list for 2017 and 2018. Hyde serves as a judge for the CNBC All Africa Business Leaders Awards, The Chivas Venture Fund, and the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award.

### 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.
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. 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.
Hyde has also worked as a producer for the Vice News documentary Inside Nigeria's push to end police brutality. 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.
Hyde was named to the United Nations' Most Influential People of African Descent list for 2017 and 2018. She was among the 200 Inaugural Obama Foundation Africa Leaders, having been shortlisted by President Barack Obama from a pool of 30,000 African leaders in 2018.

### Public speaking

Hyde has been invited to speak at the Flourish Africa Conference, which was organised by Folorunso Alakija. 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.

## Awards and recognition

| Year | Event | Prize | Result |
| 2015 | People's Choice Awards | Female News Presenter of the Year | Nominated |
| 2015 | RTP Awards | Television Female Entertainment Show Host of the Year | Nominated |
| 2015 | Young CEO Business Summit | Young CEO Global Award | Won |
| 2015 | Avance Media Awards | Top 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians | Won |
| 2016 | Nigerian Broadcaster Merit Awards | Female African Broadcaster of the Year | Won |
| 2016 | Women For Africa Awards | International Business Woman of the Year | Nominated |
| 2016 | Women For Africa Awards | Business Woman of the Year | Nominated |
| 2016 | The African Network of Entrepreneurs | Top 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana | Won |
| 2016 | Women For Africa Awards | Judges Special Recognition Award | Won |
| 2016 | Africa Boku Talent Africa Awards | Excellence In Journalism Award | Won |
| 2016 | Waislitz Global Citizen Award | Global Citizen Awards | Nominated |
| 2017 | Discovery Young Health Journalist of the Year Award | Young Upcoming Health Journalist Award | Nominated |
| 2017 | Sanlam | Journalist Award | Nominated |
| 2017 | Mipad | 100 Most influential people of African Descent | Won |
| 2017 | Ghana Naija Showbiz Awards | Winner Radio/TV Personality | Won |
| 2017 | Discovery Awards | The Discovery Young Health Journalist of the year | Nominated |
| 2018 | Nigerian Teen Choice Awards | Choice Media Personality of the Year | Won |
| 2018 | Obama Foundation | Obama Foundation Leaders Africa Fellow | Won |
| 2019 | Africa Social Impact Award | Africa Achievers Award | Won |
| 2019 | Global Social Awards | Social Impact and Change | Finalist |
| 2021 | African Growth Story | Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism | Won |