EGYPT NEEDS QUALITY ACCOUNTANTS AS COUNTRY’S ECONOMY WRESTLES WITH STRUCTURAL CHANGE
February 1st, 2017
The Egyptian uprising of January 2011, has – regrettably - put the country’s accountancy sector on the back-foot, says Hazem Hassan, chairman of the Egyptian Society of Accountants and Auditors (ESAA), part of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), and chairman of KPMG in Egypt. Speaking to Accounting & Business, he recalled numerous reforms, regulations and the adoption of international best practices had been slated to be introduced under the old regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, but instability delayed implementation. Six years on, ...
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