The Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) is the regional body that is aimed to represent African professional accountants with one and louder voice, particularly in relating with

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(IFAC). It was inaugurated in

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, Senegal on 5 May 2011.

Inauguration

The first president, elected at the inaugural meeting in

, Senegal, was Major General Sebastian Achulike Owuama. Owuama is also president of the

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and of the

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. Dr. Mussa J. Assad of the

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was named vice president. The

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hosts the PAFA Secretariat.

Membership

At time of launch, members were: *Benin *Botswana – BICA *Burkina Faso ONECCA-BF *Burundi – OPC *Cameroon *Congo Brazzaville *Democratic Republic of Congo – IDRC *Ethiopia – EPAAA *Gambia *Ghana – ICAG *Guinea Bissau *Ivory Coast *Kenya – ICPAK *Lesotho – LIA *Liberia *Libya *Malawi – SOCAM *Mali *Mauritius –

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*Morocco *Namibia – CFA, ICAN *Niger *Nigeria – ICAN *Rwanda – ICPAR *Senegal – ONECCA *Sierra Leone *South Africa – SAICA,

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*Sudan – SACA *Swaziland –

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*Tanzania – NBAA *Togo *Tunisia *Uganda – ICPA *Zambia – ZICA *Zimbabwe – ICAZ, ICPAZ

References

External links

*{{official, http://www.pafa.org.za Pan-African organizations International accounting organizations