The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Ghana, has inaugurated the Committee Members for its Africa Advocacy Programme (AAP).
The virtual inauguration of the committee members on Friday, July 16, 2021, included the official launch of ACCA Ghana’s Africa Advocacy Programme (AAP) which is a continent-wide programme structured to support collaboration with industry specialists across various disciplines and sectors such as human resource, education, technology, governance, SME and Finance.
The programme, according to Norman Williams, Head of ACCA Ghana, is to also establish a think-tank that aims to provide a national holistic perspective and an integrated joint platform to influence and contribute to public interest activities.
Following in the footsteps of Nigeria and Zambia, Ghana, has become the third country to launch the ACCA Africa Advocacy Programme (AAP).
The committee inaugurated for the ACCA Ghana Advocacy Programme include;
- Professor David N. Abdulai (President and CEO of African Graduate School of Management and Leadership)
- Dr Kobby Mensah (Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana)
- Dzifa Ayimey (Chief Financial Officer, Bayport Savings and Loans)
- Gloria Boye-Doku (Chartered Accountant)
- Hafron Aboagye (Partner, PwC)
- Professor Justice Bawole (Dean, University of Ghana Business School)
- Kwabena Antwi-Situ – (Deloitte Ghana)
- Commissioner of Police (COP) Madame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah
- Mark Badu-Aboagye – (CEO, Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
- Nii Koi Kotey – (HR, Cummins Ghana)
- Sarah Mary Frimpong – (Non-Executive Director, Stanbic Bank Ghana)
Members of the committee are required to achieve the following objectives of the AAP;
- Improve engagement with policy stakeholders and enhance effectiveness by increasing ownership of market developed insights.
- Develop bespoke thought leadership.
- Etablish a joint platform for multi sector policy engagements and activities.
- Contribute to policy debate and influence policy design, implementation, monitoring and reviews.
About ACCA
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. ACCA aims to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.
Founded in 1904, ACCA has consistently held unique core values: opportunity, diversity, innovation, integrity and accountability. We believe that accountants bring value to economies in all stages of development. We aim to develop capacity in the profession and encourage the adoption of global standards.
Our values are aligned to the needs of employers in all sectors and we ensure that, through our qualifications, we prepare accountants for business. We seek to open up the profession to people of all backgrounds and remove artificial barriers, innovating our qualifications and their delivery to meet the diverse needs of trainee professionals and their employers.
ACCA works to strengthen a global profession based on the application of consistent standards, which we believe best supports international business and the desire of talented people to have successful, international careers. We champion the needs of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and emerging economies and promote the value of sustainable business.
To achieve this, we work with global bodies such as the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and with more than 80 global accountancy partnerships. Above all, we seek to bring long-term value to economies in which We develop and support professional accountants.