Peace Hyde Biography: Early Life, Career, Awards, Husband & Net Worth

Peace Hyde is a British-Ghanaian TV producer, host, creator, journalist, and education advocate. She is the creator and executive producer of Netflix’s first African reality TV series, Young, Famous, and African, as well as Forbes Africa’s Head of Digital Media and Partnerships and West African correspondent.

She founded Aim Higher Africa, a non-profit organisation dedicated to enhancing educational quality in poor communities across Africa. In 2019, she received the African Social Impact Award from the House of Parliament, House of Commons, in the United Kingdom.

Peace Hyde Biography

Hyde was born and raised in London, where she lived until 2015 before relocating to Ghana. In her early years in London, she worked briefly as a child psychologist before pursuing a career as a scientific teacher specialising in physics, chemistry, and biology. Hyde attended Middlesex University and graduated with a psychology degree.

Career

Hyde is the head of Digital Media and West African Correspondent for Forbes Africa. Hyde’s journalism has been featured in Black Enterprise, the Huffington Post, Ebony, and Fox News. She was named to the United Nations’ Most Influential People of African Descent list in both 2017 and 2018.

She is a judge for the CNBC All Africa Business Leaders Awards, the Chivas Venture Fund, and the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award. Hyde launched Aim Higher Africa, a non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering Africa’s future generation of entrepreneurs and change-makers.

In 2018, Hyde established a skills acquisition centre in Yaba, Nigeria, where start-ups can receive free education and skills training. Hyde created and executive-produced Young, Famous & African, Netflix’s first African reality television series.

Hyde has conceived, produced, and presented two talk shows: Forbes Africa’s My Worst Day with Peace Hyde (3 seasons), in which she interviews African billionaires, and Against the Odds (2 seasons) on CNBC Africa’s Forbes Woman Africa program.

Hyde has also served as a producer for the Vice News documentary Inside Nigeria’s Struggle to End Police Violence. She hosted her own talk show, Friday Night Live, for four seasons and Ghana’s music talent competition, MTN Hitmaker, for three seasons.

Hyde was nominated to the UN’s Most Influential People of African Descent list in 2017 and 2018. She was one of the 200 inaugural Obama Foundation Africa Leaders, chosen by President Barack Obama from a pool of 30,000 African leaders in 2018.

Hyde has been invited to talk at the Flourish Africa Conference, organised by Folorunso Alakija. Hyde has also spoken at TEDxAccra, TEDxKumasi, the Global Social Awards in Prague, Essence, the Africa 2018 Forum in Cairo, Social Media Week Lagos, and Hustle in Heels London.

Awards and Recognition

Peace Hyde Husband

Peace Hyde, a committed professional, is currently unmarried. Her dedication to her work, where she finds enormous tranquillity and joy, demonstrates her unshakeable commitment. Diamond Platnumz proposes to Peace Hyde.

Peace Hyde net worth

Hyde is one of the richest women in Africa, but her net worth is not known at the moment.

Social Media

Instagram: @peac_hy