Benedict Nnolim had his primary school education at St. Patrick's, Ogbette, Enugu, St. Matthew's RCM School, Umuchu and St. Mary's Primary School, Uwani, Enugu.
For his secondary school education, he attended the College of the Immaculate Conception (CIC), Enugu, Nigeria, and the Government College, Umuahia, Nigeria, for the Cambridge Higher School Certificate.
Ben studied at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, where he obtained the BSc (London), ACGI, MSc (London) and DIC in Chemical Engineering.
Ben worked as an Experimental Officer at the Energy Conversion Limited, Basingstoke, UK; as a Photographic Engineer and Research Chemist at the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, USA; as Lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and at the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.
Ben retired as a Professor of Chemical Engineering from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Ben is the author of several books in Chemical Engineering, political, technological and public policy, and religious issues and of poetry.
Ben is founder and trustee of the Future Foundation Nigeria, a charity registered in Nigeria, by guarantee, whose goal is the achievement of a better society through citizen enlightenment.