Princess Halliday

Early life

Halliday hails from Bonny Island in Rivers State, Nigeria; Her mother is from the Halliday Awusa “King Halliday” House of the Kingdom of Bonny. making Halliday a Princess by birth.

At the age of 3, she hosted her first radio talk show, Kiddies World and by the age of 14, she had held a number of roles at different companies. She enrolled into university at the age of 15 to become a Petroleum Engineer. She has worked in both upstream and downstream sectors of oil and gas.

Halliday, aside from speaking English, is fluent in Hindi, some French and Arabic.

Empower Africa Initiative

At age 19, Princess Halliday founded the Empower Africa Initiative whose mission is to positively enhance the mindset of the world by showcasing and engaging people, communities, and organizations, while empowering them to lead, innovate, and serve authentically. Halliday began producing her television show the Princess Halliday Show in collaboration with Multichoice Africa to be syndicated on M-Net via the DSTV network. The show has Halliday and her team travel across the world to showcase world leaders, global players, entrepreneurs, movie stars and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

In 2012, Halliday after a visit to the Niger Delta area and taking note of the lack of structure in the water network, mobilized the Empower Africa Initiative in conjunction with the Niger Delta Development Commission of Nigeria to carry out the Reticulation of pipes in the Niger delta area, creating pipe borne water for several Niger delta communities.

Halliday is the first young Nigerian to properly strive to have a degree in Leadership that transcribes what it means to lead authentically.

2014 till date

In 2014, Halliday earned a Leadership training from Harvard University known as Communicating with Influence-The Art of Persuasion. She has a degree in Leadership from Woodbury University. Determined to revolutionize the understanding of Leadership as Africa Knows it, Halliday frequently strengthens the need for mindsets to be Empowered.

Halliday hosted the 2014 Miss Commonwealth International Pageant in the UK. She also served Rivers state as a special media and image consultant to wife of the Governor of Rivers State at the time, Dame Judith Amaechi.

Halliday along with women from Rivers state visited Morocco for the World Leaders Summit/Crans Montana Female Leadership Forum in Rabat Morroco where she met the President of Malta,President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca- the youngest female to assume the office of the President, and her Chief of Staff Mr John Camilleri.

In 2015, her show, the Princess Halliday show was renewed for another season, and she played host to a number of notable international guests including, American christian contemporary singer Don Moen, Jamaican singer Chevelle Franklyn, former Nigerian Presidential candidate, Professor Pat Utomi, emmy nominated actress Amy Gibson, Hollywood actor from the movie "the perfect match" Rob Riley and a former Rivers State gubernatorial cadidate Dakuku Peterside and many others. Halliday has also interviewed Nollywood actors, Mike Ezuruonye, Tonto Dikeh, Jim Iyke, Robert O. Peters, Joseph Benjamin, Raz Adoti, International singer Ron Kenoly, Nigeria megachurch pastor and church leader, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) Raymond Temisan Omatseye and many other others on her show.

Halliday made her acting debut in 2015, in a TV series produced by Nollywood film-maker Obi Emelonye, titled The Calabash.

In July 2016, Empower Africa Initiative alongside princess Halliday designed the Empowered merchandise theme “Empowered”. Designed to help prepare and guide all to their own Empowered parity. Portions of proceeds from this design goes towards helping the underprivileged in Africa. The sales have garnered support from several celebrities and people of note.

In December 2016, Halliday was invited to speak on corruption at the Parliament House of Commons London at the care of the MP Helen Grant (Maidstone & The Weald). The event was organized by Alistair Soyode, the Owner of BEN TV with the focus on dealing with the issue of corruption in Africa. Halliday encouraged African Public officials to be responsible administrators, bearing in mind that they have responsibilities emanating from two sources. They are professionals and they have fiduciary obligations.

In 2017, Halliday commenced working on the World African Women Leadership Conference, committed to ensuring women in Leadership position are strengthened to lead authentically while ensuring young girls receive the educational opportunity,leadership development and mentoring support needed to be authentic leaders.

Leadership Style

As a guest lecturer at the California State University Northridge, it has been noted that Princess Halliday strives for women in Africa to get a sit at the table with a mission to develop ethical leaders with an ability to think critically and act effectively. She has constantly liaised with the women in position of authority in Africa, accentuating the need for embracing Empowered parity.

Personal life

Halliday currently lives in West Hollywood, California in the United States, where, as of 2016, episodes of her television show were being taped. When asked about marriage, the Leadership Newspaper quotes her as saying “I will be married to a man with great wisdom and one who understands the turbulence of my call on earth. His footstep is still being orchestrated!”

Awards and Recognition

In recognition of her work in diverse fields, Halliday has received a number of laurels, including being recognized by the International Commonwealth platform in London, and she was given the award for the Youngest Executive Producer/TV Talk show Host in History.

Princess Halliday’s passion for showcasing positivity and her uncanny ability to lead authentically with emotional intelligence and communicate with empathy has solidified her as one of the young female authentic voice in the world.

The Canadian federal Government recently honored Princess Halliday with the Outstanding Leadership award to Africa in London November 2016.