ETHIOPIA’S NASCENT ACCOUNTING SECTOR BEING BUILT UP FROM THE GROUND
November 1st, 2012
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
THE ECONOMIC potential of Ethiopia, with Africa's second largest population at around 85 million, is beginning to be realised, and the accounting sector is benefiting. While still poor, with GDP per capita at USD1,100 per person, GDP has been expanding at around 7%, faster than any other non-energy economy in Africa. And this is yielding opportunities for the country's accounting and auditing sector, according to Netsanet Tsegaw, head of ACCA Ethiopia: "The economic growth is benefiting our industry, as it calls for a ...
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