PwC Namibia welcomes 2018 new intakes

PwC Namibia welcomed a total of 19 new intakes at the firm’s 2018 calendar year official opening held on 1 February 2018.
Helene Bam
Staff reporter

PWC is a major player in training graduates towards becoming Chartered Accountants, PwC has 43 Chartered Accountants and 62 trainee accountants who are currently busy with their CA studies.

In the beginning of 2007 the firm launched the PwC Tax Academy, the first of its kind in Namibia. The firm currently has 7 candidates enrolled on a 3 year tax training programme. Since 2007, 18 candidates have completed their training.

In addition to training auditors, accountants and tax specialists, the firm also trains IT specialists, Human Resource Consultants, Internal and Forensic auditors.

Most of these graduate recruits are beneficiaries of the PwC bursary scheme. The scheme is currently in excess of N$ 12.8 million.

Besides providing on the job training, the firm currently sponsors 63 Namibian students, 53 of whom are from the previously disadvantaged group, studying at South African and Namibian universities.