Chartered Accountants gather in Ho for 2026 conference
About 2,500 members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) are in Ho in the Volta Region for the 2026 Accountants Conference.
The week-long event is on the theme: Building Strong and Sustainable Economies – Standards, Integrity, and Accountability.
Among the conference participants are partners of the ICAG from South Africa, Botswana, Nigeria, and Senegal.
At a press conference on Monday (May 19, 2026) prior to the opening, the President of the ICAG, Augustine Addo, said the accountancy profession was changing rapidly, with Artificial Intelligence reshaping finance.
He said sustainability reporting was becoming mandatory globally, and public confidence in institutions was increasingly tied to transparency and ethical leadership.
That, Mr Addo said, highlighted the question if Ghana was ready for the future of professional accountancy.
He said ICAG was sure Ghana was ready for the future, saying over the past year, the institute had undergone significant transition and renewal.
On his part, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ICAG, Eric Oduro Osae touched the theme of the conference was a response to the realities facing the profession, the Ghanaian economy, and the broader trajectory of the continent.
“Building strong economies requires that the financial systems underpinning them are credible, well-governed, and capable of bearing scrutiny,” Mr Osae explained.
Further, he said, sustainability demanded that rules governing financial reporting, public accountability, and professional conduct were applied with consistency and without compromise.
He said African economies faced the convergence of sovereign debt pressures, climate-related financial risks, and governance structures.
Ghana, emerging from a significant economic adjustment programme, carried hard-won fiscal lessons while reaching simultaneously for the stability that attracted investments and sustained public services, Mr Osae added.
“Into this environment steps the accountant, not as a passive recorder of financial history, but as an active architect of what comes,” the CEO pointed out.
