By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Proshare Nigeria Limited, market information providers and analyst services firm on Monday announced it has emerged as the winner of the Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) Guinness Nigeria 2014 Rising Star Award.

The company in a statement dated November 12, 2013 and made available to InvestAdvocate by Claudia Nwankwo, Corporate Relations Officer Proshare said after being selected through a rigorous process and meeting the laid down criteria, Proshare was confirmed the winner of the Award on November 11, 2014.

According to the statement, the NBCC which aims to promote and encourage good practice on the Nigerian business landscape, and to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements across various sectors of Nigerian business acknowledges that Proshare truly deserves the award having surmounted all hurdles.

Nwankwo, while commenting on the award expressed appreciation to the Proshare team, readers and subscribers who made it possible through their support and encouragement.

She added 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.

Some of the achievements of the company in the last three (3) years include the development of other portals apart from www.proshareng.com to deliver on this goal of which the notable ones are www.TheANALYSTng.comand www.WebTVng.com.  Others include ‘TheNigerianInvestor’, ‘TheRegulator’, ‘Economy&Politics’, ‘Newsstands’ and ‘PersonalFinance’.

The presentation of the award would be made during the NBCC Annual Presidential Dinner and Awards Ceremony scheduled to hold on Friday, November 21, 2014.