Azikiwe Peter Onwualu (born April 27, 1959) is a Nigerian professor of Agricultural engineering and Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) of Nigeria from 2010 to his retirement in 2014.

He was Coordinator, Science Technology and Innovation (STI) thematic group of Vision 20-2020, Chairman, Committee of Directors of Research Institutes of Nigeria (CODRI) (2010-2013), and Chairman, Steering Committee, Pan African Competitiveness Forum (PACF), Nigeria Chapter (2008-2013) and Focal Point (Africa), World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organisations (WAITRO) 2010-2013.

Other industrial projects completed under his supervision include design and development of planters, weeders, fertilizer spreaders, sprayers, and machines for processing cassava, rice, maize, potato, fruits, soya bean, cashew, ginger, biofuel, dryers, essential oil, wood seasoning kiln, shea butter, Moringa Olifera, vegetable oil, salt, talc, kaolin, gemstones, granite, and other minerals.

The Project aims to use the Triple Helix Concept to drive Competitiveness in SMEs through the establishment of Innovation Based Clusters in every ward in Nigeria.

(Prof.) E. U. Odigboh prize for the first student of Agricultural Engineering to get a First Class Honours and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Ph.D. grant.

Under his leadership, RMRDC won the National Productivity Order of Merit Award in 2009 and the Most Outstanding Public Institution in Service Delivery, 2012 by an Independent Monitoring Group.