This month, we mark the start of the English Premier League and European football seasons, and warm up for the Fifa World Cup in Qatar in November, with an AB podcast on football finance. In it, Kieran Maguire, football finance lecturer at the University of Liverpool in the UK, looks at what’s at stake for the tournament’s organisers as well as for football clubs and investors more broadly.
Our columnist Okey Umeano FCCA considers the economic woes of Nigeria and its smaller West African neighbour, Ghana, where high debt, high inflation and fast-depreciating currencies are making life difficult for citizens and businesses. It’s not all the fault of governments, Umeano says; the people must also change their ways if progress is to be made.
Meanwhile, we cast the spotlight on the challenges facing CFOs [link to come] and report on the launch of the ACCA Africa CFO Awards, which took place for the first time this month.
Other key content this month includes an exploration of the regulatory and accounting implications of the metaverse; a feature challenging the illusion that perfectionism is a desirable quality in job candidates; and forthcoming amendments to IFRS Standards for SMEs.
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