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African Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts

AACVA is a member organisation of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). NACVA is the US market leader in the training of valuation professionals and has more than 7,500 members. The NACVA is the only professional association for valuation professionals, whose examination with the CVA credentialing examination accredited worldwide by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) since 1990.

Outside the United States, NACVA has credentialed CVAs in Europe, Asia and Africa.

The training for CVA is aimed at all professionals in financial and all aspects of business valuation work including:

  • Chartered Accountants

  • Investment Managers

  • Corporate Finance Advisers

  • Financial Analysts

  • Fixed Assets Valuers

  • M & A advisors

  • Attorneys/Lawyers

  • Tax consultant

  • Auditors

  • Etc

Context
Until 2005, professionals who performed business valuation in Africa work existed as stand-alone professionals without a business valuation professional association that promoted and supported the education and training for corporate evaluators. In addition, most of these professionals, even though had not received specific training and credentials in as business valuators offered the service.

In the US there are several organizations that train and certify the valuation professionals. Besides NACVA example provides, inter alia, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the American Professional Association of Accountants provided additional training to the American public accountant examination to be appropriate to document the qualifications and expertise of valuation professionals. This is so far in Africa where there are not bodies and institutions that bridged the knowledge gap.

AACVA provides specific training and credential for business valuation unites all professionals including qualified accountants, fixed assets valuers, financial analysis, auditors, attorneys, etc who undertake business valuation work under one body and offers the necessary training and resources to demonstrate their qualifications as business valuators.

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