British/Ghanaian media entrepreneur Peace Hyde has been featured on leading US news platform Fox News for her transformative work in empowering unemployed youth and building grassroots entrepreneurs in Africa.
Hyde, who is one of only 200 visionary leaders selected to be part of the inaugural class of the 2018 Obama Foundation Leaders Africa program, has continued to push for the rights of street children to get formal education as well as providing support to impoverished communities and families across Ghana and Nigeria.
Hyde who also heads up the Forbes Africa digital media and partnerships arm as well as the editorial head for the west Africa region has over the years been celebrated globally for her outstanding contribution to the lives of communities with various nominations including the prestigious Discovery young Health Journalist of the year Award. She was also inducted into the 2017 and 2018 United Nations Most Influential People of African Decent list.
Hyde is the founder of education not-for-profit, Aim Higher Africa Aim, which has over the past five years delivered its proprietary MRDT curriculum program to millions of students across the continent in a bid to transform limiting mind-set, break down negative barriers and empower students with design thinking skills with a focus of helping them to identify opportunities within their community that creates long term scalable and sustainable impact.
The program was launched in Aim Higher Africa’s newly opened skills acquisition center in Yaba where students are enrolled in a 6-week intensive vocational and digital skills program after which successful graduates with innovative socially focused business plans, receive an interest free start up loan to transform their dreams into reality.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
