The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), Gavi – The Vaccine Alliance, and The Global Fund have selected the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG) inter alia to strengthen accountancy capacity in the health sector in Ghana under the IFAC, GAVI – The Vaccine Alliance, The Global Fund, and USAID Memorandum of Understanding. As representative of the accountancy profession in Africa, IFAC has engaged the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) to manage the implementation of the project during 2023 – 2024.

The Council of the Insititute of Chartered Accountant in Malawi has appointed CA. Noel Zigowa as new CEO, effective 3rd July 2023. PAFA extends its warmest congratulations to Noel on his appointment as the new CEO of ICAM. 

The Council of the Chartered Governance and Accountancy Institute
in Zimbabwe elected new office bearers for 2023 -2024 at their annual general meeting.

The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), Gavi – The Vaccine Alliance, and The Global Fund have selected Ordre National des Experts Comptables et des Comptables Agréés du Burkina Faso (ONECCA-BF) inter alia to strengthen accountancy capacity in the health sector in Burkina Faso under the IFAC, GAVI – The Vaccine Alliance, The Global Fund, and USAID Memorandum of Understanding. As representative of the accountancy profession in Africa, IFAC has engaged the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) to manage the implementation of the project during 2023 – 2024.

The Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants signs a memorandum of understanding with the African Professionalisation Initiative (API) to implement the API programmes to professionalise accountants and auditors in Botswana. 

The CEO of BICA, Madam Verily Molatedi had this to say;
“Professionalisation is important for strengthening of capacity for PFM reforms. BICA will play a key role in supporting public sector professionalisation. The Auditor general and accountant general fully support professionalisation for the public sector in Botswana. There is a lot of expectations from governments in terms of being able to enhance good finance governance for the benefit of common citizens”.

This RFP is being distributed on behalf of our partner organisation; the African Professionalisation in Initiative (API)https://professionalisation.africa/

The API develops high-quality learning materials that are compliant with IFAC education standards and other recognized education standards, to enhance public sector accounting and auditing competence.

With funding from USAID, API is developing a learning program, to grow and strengthen the capacity of staff at Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI), internal auditors at Ministries of Health and local accountants to conduct quality performance audits on accountability and stewardship of funding and commodities. This learning program will cover the unique aspects of working as an accountant or auditor in the public sector. It will be offered in partnership with Professional Accounting Organizations (PAOs) to enable them to enhance the skills and knowledge of professional accountants and auditors working in or with the public sector. See attached RFP.

The Council of the Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) has elected Ms. Susanne Swaniker- Tettey as President, Mr. Moshe Libengo as Vice President and Mr. Kushinga Zimucha the Chairperson of the Audit Commitee of BICA. 

Dr. James Ekerare Neminebor has been inaugurated as the 13th President and Chairman of Council, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN).

In his Inaugural address titled "Continuing the Mandate for Growth and Expanding the Spread and Visibility" which detailed his presidential agenda for his 2-year tenure, he pledged to deliver effective growth and boost innovation in the Association.

Three new standards―International Standards on Quality Monitoring (ISQM) 1 and 2 and International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 220 (Revised)―aim to strengthen and modernise quality management. The standards became effective on 15 December 2022.

In 2017, PAFA issued extensive guidance on quality assurance reviews for professional accountancy organisations / regulators. PAFA is now inviting proposals from consultants to update this guidance considering the new ISQM, ISA 220 (Revised), and other international developments.

The mission of the African Professionalisation Programme (API) is to grow the capacity of accountancy professionals in the African public sector for enhanced service delivery. The API achieves this mission through developing online learning programmes and facilitating the adoption and implementation of these programmes across the public sector in Africa.

One of the learning programs is the Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) which targets Incumbents: senior officials in public financial management (PFM) roles who do not have a professional accountancy background.

The Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) is a partner in the API.

PAFA has been engaged by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) to implement a project funded by Gavi – The Vaccine Alliance and The Global Fund to strengthen accountancy and finance capacity in the public sector, particularly the health sector, in Burkina Faso. The API ALP will be used for this purpose. The API ALP is available only in English. It will be translated into French and contextualised for this purpose.

PAFA is seeking to engage a consultant to develop a roadmap to implement the Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) of the African Professionalisation Initiative (API) in Burkina Faso under the auspices of the Ordre des Experts Comptables et Comptables Agréés du Burkina Faso (ONECCA-BF). The objective is to strengthen public sector accountancy capacity, particularly in the health sector, in Burkina Faso. The development of the API ALP Implementation Roadmap is the first step in this direction. The Request for Proposals (including the ToR) can be accessed here in English and French. Interested consultants are encouraged to apply online (English | French) by 15 March 2023. 

PAFA is seeking to engage an individual consultant to coordinate the implementation of the donor-funded project components of the Ordre des Experts Comptables et Comptables Agréés du Burkina Faso (ONECCA-BF) Development Plan. The consultant will be based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and perform the service of in-country project coordinator as set forth in the Terms of Reference.

The objective is to supplement ONECCA-BF’s resources to support the effective and efficient implementation of the ONECCA-BF Development Plan. Working closely with the leadership and staff of ONECCA-BF, the consultant will be responsible for:

1. Establishing and maintaining the country-level Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group
2. Coordinating the implementation of the project components in Burkina Faso
3. Executing any other requests from the leadership and staff of ONECCA-BF

The Request for Proposals (including the ToR) can be accessed here. Interested consultants are encouraged to apply online by 9 March 2023.