# Benedict Peters

_Nigerian oil billionaire_

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Last updated: 2026-10-30

> Benedict Peters is a pan-African businessman with extensive assets in the oil and gas and mining industries. He is the founder and CEO of Aiteo, Africa's largest indigenous oil producer, and Bravura Holdings, a vertically integrated mining company developing platinum, lithium, steel, copper, and gold assets in countries throughout Africa, including Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Libya, Tanzania, and South Africa. Peters is a born again Christian and a prominent financier of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 5 December 1966 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29107775#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Abakaliki ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29107775#P19))

## Questions

**When was Benedict Peters born?**  
Benedict Peters was born on 5 December 1966 in Abakaliki.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Benedict Peters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Peters) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q29107775](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29107775) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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