• Benedict Peters is set to be honored at the African Heritage Concert and Awards scheduled to be held in Kigali, Rwanda on April 1, 2023.

• Peters who is the overseer of Aiteo and EMA Consortiums has won separate bids to acquire three power-generating companies and is set to build a 100,000-barrel refinery in oil-rich Warri, Delta State, South-south Nigeria.

The Nigerian business mogul, Peters, who is the originator of Aiteo Group, Nigeria’s largest indigenous oil-producing firm, will receive the African Philanthropist Award for his giant strides in sports and human capital development across Africa.

According to reports, the former President of Tanzania, the late John Magufuli; Vice-President of Liberia, Chief Jewel Howard-Taylor; former President of Botswana, Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama (rtd), former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and many other prominent Africans will be honored. 

According to the organizers, Heritage Times (HT), The African Heritage Concert and Awards will celebrate and honor distinguished African personalities from several African nations, who have dignified themselves through incredible successes across the globe. 

This, the organizers said, has become imperative to foster the African culture of excellence and promote Afrocentrism.

Peters leads the Aiteo and EMA Consortiums, which has won separate proposals to acquire three power-generating companies and is set to build a 100,000-barrel refinery in South-south Nigeria.