Kwame Asante & Associates Ghana
Kwame Asante & Associates (KAA), established in June 1991 under Ghana’s companies code 1963, Act 179, is a three-partner firm of chartered accountants and auditors based in Accra, the capital of Ghana. It is a professional services firm offering accounting, audit, tax, business advisory and specialty consulting services. Richard Kwame Asante, the firm’s founder and managing partner, has around 35 years of broad professional experience covering audit, taxation, corporate governance and integrated financial management systems. He has an MBA and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ghana. Rita Sraha, the business consulting partner, has 17 years of professional experience in corporate management, organisational planning, analysis of financing needs and training. She also has an MBA. Arnold Okai is the assurance and business advisory partner. He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana). He has 22 years of professional experience in accounting, audit, tax planning and investment advisory services. KAA focuses largely on audit work, including statutory, tax, forensic, performance, procurement and payroll audits. Consulting services represent another important area of the firm’s work, including business process reviews, organisational restructuring, capital restructuring, business valuation and economic and market studies. It also provides accounting, tax consulting and company formation services. The client base covers a diverse range of sectors from public services and banking, through communications and hospitality, to agriculture and energy. The firm’s journey, since 1991, has been a combination of enterprise, vision and good corporate governance attributes. This saw it selected to represent the former Andersen Consulting (at the time Arthur Andersen and Andersen consulting), in 1996, and then the former Arthur Andersen until 2003, in Ghana.
Richard Kwame Asante Office Manager; Accountant Tel: +223 302 222 777 kaaghana@gmail.com
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KAA’s consultants aspire to, and continue to deploy, global best practices while offering the best value to its clients. The firm employs accountants, consultants and other professionals who have provided quality services and contributed to the success of local professional services firms, and who are able to successfully compete with the international firms within.