Kenya girl tops world in accounting exams

 

Nothing about the 25-year-old slim, dark and bespectacled woman with braided hair gives the impression she is an extraordinary person.

Angela Akoth poses with John Kanyahuma (left), ACCA’s head of corporate development, and Anthony Kariuki, the country manager.

But the unassuming five-foot five-inch Angela Akoth Oketch is a world beater.

In last year’s Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) examination, she scored the highest marks worldwide (99 per cent) in Paper 2.2 (Corporate and Business Law).

In recognition of her outstanding performance, the UK-based association will formally award Akoth a certificate of merit and a cash token next month in London. Full story

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