Interview By Melody Chikono
AS corporate governance becomes topical in the African corporate space, several issues have been discussed ranging from professionalism, corruption and protection of whistleblowers. Senior business reporter Melody Chikono (MC) recently spoke to Pan-African Federation of Accountants (Pafa) CEO, Alta Prinsloo (AP) to understand the role of the organisation concerning these issues. Prinsloo bemoaned lack of protection for whistleblowers in Africa including Zimbabwe. Below are the interview excerpts…
MC: Can you take us through what Pafa is all about and its mandate?
AP: Pafa is 10-years old and is an association of associations. Professional accountant organisations such as the Chartered Governance Institute of Zimbabwe (CGI) are our members. We have 56 members in 45 countries in Africa from Francophone, Anglophone and Lusophone countries. Basically, our focus is to strengthen the accountancy profession in Africa and also to be the voice of accountants. Why the voice? I see here in Zimbabwe, you have moved to adopt international standards.
When you adopt them, it is more important to participate in their development to ensure that the unique areas in the countries in Africa are being taken into account when the international standards are being developed.
In essence, Pafa represents that voice of Africa on international platforms, for example, through to the International Standards Board.
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