Strategic Finance Business Partnering
The role of a modern finance professional is more than sending reports to other stakeholders or crunching numbers. The business team expect finance professionals to take active participation in the management of the business. Soft skills have become a must-have for finance business partners. How does Finance participate in the business, what skills do we need? […]
Excel: How to Split Data in One Column to Multiple Columns
In some cases, the files we download from other applications does not come in a format that will enable us to analyse and present reports in Excel. For instance, if you copy information from a text file into excel all the data may appear in one column as shown below. In this above situation, we […]
Notes – ACCA Africa Members Convention – Evolution
With over 800 delegates from 38 countries, the ACCA Africa Members Convention may be the biggest gathering of accountants in the continent. Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda was the host of the 2019 convention between 09th to 11th December 2019. The convention was jam-packed with multiple plenaries and breakout sessions relating to the evaluation of […]
The Impact of IFRS 16 on Financial Statements
IFRS 16 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019, with earlier application permitted (as long as IFRS 15 is also applied). What is IFRS 16 The objective of IFRS 16 is to faithfully represent lease-based transactions and support users assessment of cash flows arising from leases. The standard requires […]
I-Grow Venture Organises Excel Training for Accountants in the Gambia
I-Grow Venture Ltd, a Gambian based consultancy and training firm conducted 3 days Excel course for accountants at Kairaba Beach Hotel. The training ran between 21st to 23rd August 2019 and was facilitated by Ebrima Sawaneh and Salifu Bah. There were 12 participants from the financial services sector, state-owned enterprises and central government. According to […]
