Publication: Strengthening Auditing and Accounting Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Education and Training Factors
Date
1996-04
ISSN
Published
1996-04
Author(s)
Johnson, Sonia R.
Abstract
This study provides an overview of the
accounting profession and the education and training of
accountants in Sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa. It looks at:
the profession; accounting examinations; accounting degrees;
the education of accountants and accounting technicians; the
training of accountants and accounting technicians; and
continuing professional education (CPE). This study provides
an overview of the accounting profession and the education
and training of accountants in Sub-Saharan Anglophone
Africa. The study found that there were good and poor
examples of accounting education in Anglophone Africa. On
the good side are colleges like the Zambia Centre for
Accountancy Studies (ZCAS) and the Strathmore College in
Kenya, which are providing quality accounting education. In
contrast, Uganda fares somewhat poorly. It has only just
established an accounting body, it has no national
examinations, and the accounting training institutions are
struggling to prepare students for overseas examinations.
External support for accounting education in Anglophone
Africa has been reasonably successful, with donor-funded
colleges such as ZCAS obtaining pass rates almost twice the
worldwide average. Assistance however, is still required to
help the profession develop.
Citation
“Johnson, Sonia R.. 1996. Strengthening Auditing and Accounting Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Education and Training Factors. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 60. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/1d8d94fd-5453-5eb4-9091-62940d3c52a8 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”