Between 2017 and end-June 2023, he was the inaugural Chairman of Endeavour High Impact Entrepreneurship Ltd/Gte, a non-profit organization that provides mentorship and support to scale-up companies.
In January 2012, he made a strong case on national television for the removal of N1.3 trillion petrol subsidy when it was an unpopular position to take.
[23] In March 2020, he declined an invitation to attend a forum being organized by Nigeria's Central Bank because he was not pleased by the dethronement and illegal exile/banishment of the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II.
[24][25] On 22 March 2020, Peterside set up the Anap Foundation COVID-19 Think Tank [26] In May 2020 he was named Co-Chairman (alongside the Finance Minister) of the Steering Committee for the new National Development Plan for Nigeria.
[27][28] In September 2020, Mr. Peterside was appointed the Co-chairman of the National Steering Committee for Agenda 2050 and the 2021 – 25 Development Plan that was inaugurated by President Buhari.
[29] On Friday, 23 October 2020, Atedo Peterside made a landmark appearance on Arise TV's Morning Show from 9am to 10am during which he was interviewed by a panel of 3 journalists.
The frank, bold and very informative interview engaged and gripped the nation in the aftermath of the #EndSARS and #EndPoliceBrutality Protests which had attained global attention and which were marred by the tragic Lekki Toll Gate shootings of peaceful protesters who were singing and waving the Nigerian National Flag on October 20, 2020; Bloody Tuesday.
In a gripping interview, Atedo Peterside condoled families who had lost loved ones, criticised President Buhari's address to the nation on 22 October 2020, admonished the authorities for illegally trying to block the bank accounts of some of the Protest sympathisers and pointed the way forward for the youths via political activism and the forthcoming 2023 elections.
[30][31][32] In late November 2021, Atedo Peterside published an article in major Nigerian newspapers entitled: 2023 elections: Hitting rock bottom, finding a way up.
They are: Atedo Peterside (Convener), ‘Yemi Adamolekun, Tomiwa Aladekomo, Osita Chidoka, Dike Chukwumerije, Folarin Falana (Falz), Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, Bishop Matthew Kukah, Hamzat Lawal, Nuruddeen Lemu, Ayisha Osori, Arunma Oteh, Muhammad Ali Pate, Dr. Tony Rapu, HH Muhammad Sanusi II, Dr. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, Ibrahim Dahiru Waziri and Aisha Yesufu.
On Wednesday, 21 December 2022, Atedo Peterside made an appearance on a Channels Television program POLITICS TODAY, where he was interviewed by Seun Okinbaloye.
In the interview, Mr. Peterside presented highlights of the 2nd Presidential Election Polls commissioned by Anap Foundation and which was carried out by NOIPolls.
The detailed and informative interview saw Atedo Peterside drawing attention to the flaws in the electoral process which included apparently falsified Presidential Election Result Sheets which were uploaded on the INEC IREV Server.
Mr. Peterside therefore argued that it was premature to congratulate the President-Elect, who emerged from a flawed and tainted process that was now the subject of Election Petitions from his two major opponents.
On 18 March 2020, Peterside appeared on Channels Television to warn Nigerians about the danger of complacency, listing four major reasons why Coronavirus disease may hit Nigeria harder than the rest of the world.
On 4 February, the Anap Foundation COVID-19 Think Tank collaborated with Media Houses to launch a Name and Shame Initiative for violators of the COVID-19 safety protocols.
His father Chief Michael Clement Atowari Peterside (Sunju IX), who lived from 24 June 1918 to 15 January 2016, was an Ophthalmologist and a retired Controller of Medical Services in the Old Rivers State.