Topic: ICAN/ACCA certification how do I go about? Help with A-Z of it.

@seun foster.U stand to be corrected and now i am correcting you.Ask from those who have taken the 2 before.Dont be deceived.ACCA is more expensive,recognized,organized and more tasking.I have a number of ICAN graduate who have taken exemption to write ACCA as we speak.They are finding it relatively tasking because they are not familiar with the style of setting the questions.As for number of papers,An ACCA paper is not thesame with that of ICAN.No multiple choice questions in ACCA from skill level unlike ICAN( you will agree with me that the preparation for both is different).No fill in the gap,no optional questions.Besides ACCA will not ask you what is.....? The questions are purely application to real life situations in most cases.You have a dedicated examiner whose job is to review and set questions every diet so you dont expect to see past questions.At times you look at questions in the exam for minutes to decode what the examiner is really testing. ICAN was very valuable years back when you have to pass all the papers at once.Now people are passing ICAN very well.Check this out for the comments from students on the last ACCA exams world wide:http://opentuition.com/.But it is achievable if you prepare well and it is worth investing into.For oxford brooks University to have decided to award a B.Sc for passing just F1 -F9 with a project, u think the courses are like ICAN courses?

@franc.Your cost depends on the tuition centre and how many papers you are writing each diet.Please visit www.accaglobal.com for a detailed info.

I am glad other people have aired there views, please AK, we are not struggling for professional recognition here,someone asked for help and i rendered my assistance,i'm subject to correction if i'm wrong or if you think my view is incorrect, in a professional way and not in a harsh tone. On my view that ICAN is very tough,was on the basis of passing all the 4 papers at a seating and not passing one,two or three papers and then having to resit for the other paper. On your view that ACCA might become more relevant than ICAN is 100% right due to the adoption of IFRS this year. But it depends on your focus in life which i earlier mentioned, some people prefer writing ICAN and then go for CFA which supersedes both ICAN and ACCA or any professional financial exams in any other country,while others prefer writing ACCA and then stop there. Please i respect other people's opinion, let's be professional in our utterances, thank you.

Pls my fellow house.i studied econs,whch stage am i suppose 2 start if i want 2 enrol 4 ican .tnx ur respnse wil b highly aprc8d

at yemgaf, you will start at the foundation level, but you will be exempted from Economic and Business Environment, so you will be writing 2 papers at the foundation level instead of 3 papers, 4 papers at the Intermediate level, 4 papers at pe1 and 4 papers at pe2 level. ICAN will require you to pay an exemption fee of N15300 for the exemption certificate, that is after your registration fee of N7300. I hope this will be of help.

@spartan, would a business admin graduate be exempted from economics and business environ @ foundation level?

@spartan,you are really doing a good job and professionally too.Please,i studied economics and intend to do a professional course in Financial analysis.However i do not know how to go about this.To become a chartered financial analyst,must i first obtain an ICAN or ACCA cert,as i do not have either.
Secondly.apart from the CFA cert,are there other recognized financial analysts body that can equally give me a cert. in this regard.I saw one Institute of financial analyst,Nigeria (IFIAN),i wouldn't know if their cert. is recognized for employment purposes. Kindly give me your professional advise.....one love.

Tnx spartan i really aprc8

At huzzle, yes, you will be exempted from economics and business environment just like yemgaf. Just ensure your school had ICAN accreditation as at when you graduated. Register, pay for the exemption fee and then prepare for the exams. Hopefully, the result of this year May diet would likely be out this week, based on that, all ICAN professional centers would begin lectures for the November diet next month. Just plan for it. Good luck.

At Majesty101, to write the CFA exams you don't need to be a Chartered accountant, with your Bs.c certificate you can do that. The IFIAN is the Institute of Financial and Investment analysts of Nigeria. Within the shores of Nigeria, the professional financial examination bodies include, Institute of forensic analysts (IFA), Institute of credit and risk management, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Chartered Institute of stockbrokers, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN),Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), ICAN which you know and the IFIAN (pls pardon me if i have missed out on any of them). For employment purposes, sincerely,i think the most recognized among the above listed bodies is the ICAN certificate first, then others might follow. From personal experience,one of the document which Zenith bank gave priority to during our interview stage for accepting youth corp members was an ICAN certificate (or be at the process of getting it) and Oracle certificate. Little wonder what concerns ICAN with youth service but that was it. The professional financial examination bodies outside the shores of Nigeria(globally recognized) include the CFA, Chartered Institute of management accountants,UK (CIMA), Certified Information System auditor (CISA), (pls pardon me if i have missed out on any of them),etc. For employment purposes,if you need to be a financial analyst and you require a professional course within the shores of Nigeria,I'll sincerely advise you start with ICAN.With the ACA, you can become a forensic analyst, which is one of the faculties of ICAN. Also, with their certificate,you can gain exemption from the professional examination of the other professional bodies(it may not be all) if you still wish to become a member of the body. But if you'll wish to go outside the shores of Nigeria to obtain a financial analyst certificate, the best option will be to go for the CFA exams.In addition, IFIAN is yet to be a Chartered Institute, there is a difference between just an Institute and a Chartered Institute. This is a factor to consider in your decision making. I hope this will be of help to you.

@Spartan009,AKmonopoly & leolion, Please What of I who holds HND certificate in Business administration and I love to register for ACCA because I want to get Bsc in Accounting from Oxford brooke university, where will I start from? Is it true that ACCA is done online or do they have centres? Just give me all necessary info that will help me as a starter. Thanks