Accounting education in Africa

Abstract

Conference in Gauteng, South Africa.The SAAA appreciates the attendance of this conference by Prof. Alan Sangster (editor-in-chief), his valuable advice to novice researchers, and the journal's support of this region.Given the importance of the accounting profession in supporting economic development and growth across the continent (IFAC 2016), accounting education in Africa is particularly important.Accounting education research is however dominated by developed westernized countries (Marriott et al., 2014) with scant attention paid to the African continent and its particular challenges.Academics in developing countries, especially those with major social, political and economic problems, are in a prime position to engage in research that will benefit society as a whole (Verhoef & Samkin 2017).