Olufemi Awoyemi: CEO of Proshare

Proshare Nigeria Limited, a stock broking firm in Nigeria has emerged winner of the Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) Guinness Nigeria 2014 Rising Star Award.

The company would be presented the award during the NBCC Annual Presidential Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Friday, November 21, 2014.

The NBCC which aims to promote and encourage good practice on the Nigerian business landscape, and to recognize and celebrate outstanding achievements across various sectors of Nigerian business acknowledges that Proshare truly deserves this award.

Claudia Nwankwo, Corporate Relations Officer Proshare expressed appreciation to the Proshare team, readers and subscribers who have made this a possibility through their support and encouragement.

In addition, he stated that Proshare is the sum total of an aspiration to educate, empower and enlighten the investment community/market through best-in-class tools, data, research and information that helps the average Nigerian (home & abroad) to make informed and intelligent investment decisions to aid the creation of wealth through the only other legitimate means possible in the country beyond one’s primary income – the capital market.

Amongst its milestones in the last three years is the development of other portals apart from www.proshareng.com to deliver on this goal of which the notable ones are www.TheANALYSTng.com and www.WebTVng.com. Others include ‘TheNigerianInvestor’, ‘TheRegulator’, ‘Economy&Politics’, ‘Newsstands’ and ‘PersonalFinance’.