Forbes Africa’s Head of Digital Media and Partnerships and Correspondent, Peace Hyde has been named among the 23 leaders of the inaugural Obama Foundation: Africa from Nigeria.
The Leaders were chosen from 44 countries across the continent, from Egypt in the north, to Madagascar. The Obama Foundation is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization founded in 2014. It oversees the creation of the Barack Obama Presidential center, runs the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, a program Barack Obama began while he was President, and operates a scholarship program through the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy.
Here are the list of 23 leaders representing Nigeria;
- Simidele Adeagbo
- Pamela Adie
- Omolara Ajele
- Noel Ify Alumona
- Kehinde Ayanleye
- Taiwo Ayanleye
- Olamide Ayeni
- Moses Enokela
- Victoria Fajemilehin
- Sunday Faleye
- Brenda Fashugba
- Peace Hyde
- Temitope Isedowo
- Bryan Mezue
- Adaeze Nnamani
- Chinenye Nnoli
- Paul Ojajuni
- Peter Okeugo
- Mark Okoye
- Uchenna Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu
- Oluwaseun Ayodele Osowobi
- Olufemi Taiwo
- Nichole Onome Yembra
