Talking Trade with Femi Boyede has been set up to discuss, in a professional manner, all the angles related to all the issues that a firm, an individual, or a country can expect to confront as they design, implement or modify their strategic process to manage trade. It is a virtual platform for engaging discussions on international trade from its components, through the values it offers to individuals, corporations, and countries, reducing poverty, creating employment, growing national economies, increasing corporate profitability, etc).
Date and Time: Saturday 7th August 2021
12pm (US & Canada)
5pm (West Africa Time)
Guest Speaker: Olufemi AWOYEMI, B.Sc. (Hon), FCA, FCTI, FIoD, FIMC. Founder and Chairman of ProshareNG
Moderator/Anchor: Lady Kay
Convener: Olufemi Boyede
Webinar 3: Strategizing to Optimize Trading with AfCFTA What SMEs Must Know
Topic: Strategising to Optimize Trading with AfCFTA: What SMEs Must Know
You can watch the videos playlist for Webinar 3 below
Webinar 3 – Keynote PresentationWebinar 3 Q and A Part 1Webinar 3 Q and A Part 2Webinar 3 Discussion Part 1Webinar 3 Discussion Session 2
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Strategising to Optimize Trading with AfCFTA: What SMEs Must Know (Notes)
Culled from ProshareNG…as we trade more among ourselves, African businesses will become bigger, more specialised, and more competitive internationally. – Paul Kagame, Chairperson of the AU and President of RwandaAfCFTA and SMEs… An Independent Survey Finding The Africa International Trade & Commerce Research, GIGI, and NOIPolls (2018) conducted a survey on the Potential Benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Nigeria. The survey sampled 512 companies across all geopolitical zones of Nigeria: 70% are small-scale businesses (10-49 employees), 20% are medium-scale businesses (50-199 employees) and 10% are large businesses (200 or more employees)… Read more here
What SMEs Must Know about AfCFTA: Six #TalkingTrade Takeaways
Culled from ProshareNG
Being takeaways and thoughts put forth by Olufemi M. Awoyemi (FA), founder of Proshare, currently on study leave as a participant of the SEC43 NIPSS, Kuru, Jos during an Africa Online Radio Programme on Trade Investments in Africa called #TalkingTrade (TT); on Saturday, August 7th, 2021 hosted by Mr Femi BOYEDE with the theme “Strategising to Optimize Trading with AfCFTA: What SMEs Must Know”.
Prelude
By way of introduction, I must admit that I am still working on fully understanding Nigeria’s conceptual understanding of the AfCFTA to help answer a modelling question – Is the AfCFTA (especially Phase2) more like the SADC arrangement than the COMESA? This is important to analysts, as the conceptual challenge around AfCFTA and trade facilitation will create a challenge for investment facilitation due to the absence of clarity on which approach is being adopted… Read more here
Trade Expert Guest Speaker - "
Strategising to Optimize Trading with AfCFTA: What SMEs Must Know"
Olufemi AWOYEMI B.Sc.(Hon), FCA, FCTI, FIoD , FIMC
Founder and Chairman of Proshare
Olufemi AWOYEMI, B.Sc. (Hon), FCA, FCTI, FIoD, FIMC
Olufemi Awoyemi, Founder and Chairman of Proshare (Nigeria’s foremost financial information hub and owners of WebTV, Debtors. Africa and Proshare), is a graduate of accounting and a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, the Institute of Directors, and the Institute of Management Consultants. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Management. He holds Honorary Fellowships of the Association of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers, Institute of Credit Administration, Business Process Management Institute, and the Institute of Information Management.
He has built an impeccable portfolio of commercial and management achievements garnered over three decades of progressive responsibility with well-known local and international firms, including PriceWaterhouseCoopers, UAC of Nigeria, Eterna Oil & Gas Plc, Phillips Consulting, Fountain Trust Bank and British American Tobacco.
Olufemi is the Institute of Directors (IoD) of Nigeria nominee to the Senior Executive Course 43 at the National Institute of Policy & Strategic Studies (NIPSS) 2021 Class and the IoD Representative the National Action Committee for the Implementation of AfCFTA.
He has a distinguished career of involvement in many initiatives, associations, academia and developmental activities, including services to the Securities & Exchange Commission’s Capital Market Committee (CMC) on FinTech Roadmap for Nigeria; roles with the Institute of Directors as the Chairman of the Financial Services & Capital Markets Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Ethics & Governance Committee, member Research & Advocacy committee, member strategic implementation committee and member Finance & General Purposes committee; service to the Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce as Chairman, Advocacy Committee and Vice Chairman, Publicity & Communications committee; an Alumni mentor to the LBS Executive MBA program, a member of the Editorial Board/Peer-Reviewers of the IoD Centre for Corporate Governance; and as a faculty member at the Centre for Financial Journalism and CITC Leadership Centre Nigeria.
He had previously been a 3-term member of the esteemed Strategy, Research & Advocacy Committee of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), member of the 2015 Technical Sub-Committee of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), member of various committees of the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce and in 2012, Technical Advisor to the National Assembly House Committee on Capital Markets.
Olufemi is a Governing Council Member and Vice-President of the Association of Investment Advisers & Portfolio Managers, Governing Council member of the Fintech Association of Nigeria and representative member for Nigeria on the African Fintech Network (AFN); Governing Council member of the Association of Corporate and Individual Investment Advisers (CIIA); Executive Council of the Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce; Member, Pearl Awards Board of Governors, an independent member of the Investment Committee of Alternative Capital Partners Ltd (ACAP), independent/non-executive director of JustRite Trading Intl Nig Ltd, non-executive director of OGC Foods & Beverages, producers of LASENA water, and Advisory Board member of GetRates (a fintech startup).
- Chairman, Board of Trustees of Proshare Global Education Support Foundation (ProFDN) [2017 – date];
Member, Board of Trustees of Social Intervention Advocacy Foundation (SIAF) #ENDSARS [2018 – date];
Member, Board of Trustees of Black Rider Change Foundation (BlackRider) [2019 – date];
Member, Board of Trustees of Ojota Development Foundation (ODF) [2018 – date]; Member, Board of Trustees of Technical Assistance for Heroes Initiatives (TAHI) [2018 – date];
Member, Board of Trustees of Kingdom Life Ministries (KLM) [2009 – date];
Founder and Member, Board of Trustees – Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) [2010 – date].
Olufemi Awoyemi , B.Sc. (Hon), FCA, FCTI, FIoD, FIMC
Founder and Chairman of Proshare
Olufemi’s commitment to service and leadership has inspired Proshare’s evolution into a professional information services firm of repute, which has earned for the firm local and international recognitions such as the PEBEC Awards 2020 Special Recognition Award as the most supportive media partner on Nigeria’s ease of doing business project, the London Stock Exchange’s 2019 Companies To Inspire Africa award.
Other recognitions and awards include FintechNG 2019 Contribution to Nigeria’s Fintech Ecosystem award, FMDQ 2018 Gold Partner award, FintechNG 2018 Service To Market award, the International Finance Magazine (IFM) 2015 “Most Innovative Capital Market Service Team, Nigeria” award; the CFI.co 2014 “Best Capital Markets Solutions Team – Nigeria” award, and the 2014 Nigeria-British Chamber of Commerce (NBBC) Rising Star award, amongst others.
Olufemi is a multi-award winner, including the 2018 Fintech Service Award (Fintech Association of Nigeria), 2015 Nigerian Rising Award (Hallmark Newspapers), the 2015 African Financial Analyst of the Year award by the Global Change for Africa, Brussels; the 2014 ICA Honours Award (Institute of Credit Management), and the 2013 Most Outstanding Business Executive of the Year (African Council of Chief Executives under the African CEO Council), amongst others.
His interests include future trends, financial markets education, empowerment and tech solutions, strategy articulation & execution, market intelligence, knowledge management, community development, documentaries, and sports. He remains an active enthusiast in five sports.
Contacts
Olufemi AWOYEMI | Chairman |
Tel: +234-803-628-8637 |
Email: femi.awoyemi@proshareng.com and femiproshare@gmail.com
Plot 590b, Lekan Asuni Close, Omole Phase 2, Isheri LG, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
P. O. Box 18782, Ikeja, Lagos State.
LinkedIn – Olufemi Awoyemi, FCA | LinkedIn
Twitter – @OlufemiAwoyemi
Expected Outputs and Outcomes
The outputs of the Trade Webinar series will include:
a. Webinar Report: A summary of key findings and policy recommendations distilled from each session, combinations of sessions, papers, and keynote speeches.
b. The proceedings of the webinars, incorporating relevant comments and feedback from peer review and webinar participants will be published after the episode or quarter.
c. Presentation of these findings and recommended solutions will be made to relevant governments agencies, ministries and parastatals as well as other identified stakeholders.
d. Our inhouse team will track results of the webinar series, and make updates available to subscribers and stakeholders.
The Moderator/Anchor
Kemi Amusan popularly known as Lady Kay is a linguist (French and English), an Editor, a Crisis Prevention Intervention Trainer and a community leader (leading several thousands of blacks) as the immediate past president of the Nigerian-Canadian Association in Greater Toronto Area, Canada. She currently works as an Assistant Registrar in a great university in the Caribbean. Lady Kay gives back to the community as the Senior Advocate of Global Women Ambassadors, Canada. In this role, she organizes programs to educate, elevate and facilitate many socio-cultural, entrepreneurship, immigration, educative, empowerment programs for families. Lady Kay is also the host of Agbajo Owo and Ask Lady Kay – the broadcasting arms of Global Women Ambassadors that seek to ‘build the community, one family at a time’.
The Convener
Olufemi Boyede has over thirty years of professional experience in international trade and strategy, policy advocacy and human capital development. He has broad expertise in trade and business environment improvement, regional integration frameworks, trade linkages, services exports, public-private dialogue and advocacy on non-oil exports and enterprise development issues.
He has a strong background in private sector management positions and consulting roles in the business, trade and logistics communities, and more recently has held numerous senior trade and export development positions in Nigeria’s public and private sectors. In addition to several Consultancy assignments with International Agencies including the World Bank, DFID, GIZ, USAID, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the International Trade Centre (ITC).
‘Femi’s 30 years of international trade expertise places him in a leveraged position to provide professional advice to worldwide with clients (both importers and exporters) helping them to successfully navigate the day to day complexities of the international trade industry.
His passion to increase awareness and equip international trade stakeholders forms the basis for these series of webinars.