Hyde revealed in an Instagram post that she is creator and
executive producer of the unscripted original series set to debut on the
streamer soon.
“We are making African history-telling OUR STORIES and I am
so honoured, excited and READY! It’s been a lot of sleepless nights and early
mornings, but the dream has finally paid off.
“Excited to finally share that I am a CREATOR and EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER of the first-ever Netflix Original African Reality TV series ‘YOUNG,
FAMOUS AND AFRICAN’ starring this phenomenal superstar cast. GET READY WORLD
THE AFRICANS ARE COMING.”
The forthcoming series will feature some of Africa’s top
talents from Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania.
Some of the featured stars include Nigeria’s Annie Macaulay
Idibia, Swanky Jerry, Tanzania’s Zari Hassan, Diamond Platnumz and South
Africa’s Nadia Nakai, Khanyi Mbau, Andile Ncube, Naked DJ.
Peace Hyde who started her media career in Ghana as the host
of Friday Night Live on GH One and MTN Hitmaker has quickly risen to become one
of Africa’s most successful media exports globally by creating and producing
groundbreaking hit shows like the two leading flagship talk shows, Forbes
Africa’s My Worst Day with Peace Hyde (3 seasons), the only show that speaks to
Africa’s billionaires and Forbes Woman Africa’s Against the Odds (2 seasons) on
the CNBC Africa channel on DSTV.
Named by CNN as Ghana’s media maven, Hyde’s work has been
featured on CNN, Black Enterprise, Huffington Post, Ebony, Fox News and many
more. She was named to the United Nations Most Influential People of African
Decent list 2018, 2019 and 2020 named as one of the 100 most influential young
people in Africa.
The show is set for a global release to 190 countries and
over 200 million subscribers.