the conclusion that the continental
European legalistic and fiscal approach to accounting in the CFA franc zone countries has
not been obliterated by the advent of IFRS as a global set of accounting standards endorsed
by the World Bank, IMF, international securities markets, and other agencies.
A two-group classification of accounting systems in Africa was developed and tested,
on a preliminary basis, using data from the PricewaterhouseCoopers (2011) survey. It was
found that the pattern of adoption of IFRS in African countries reveals a clear dichotomy
between the Class A accounting practices of countries that were once British colonies and
protectorates, on the one hand, and the Class B practices of CFA franc zone countries on
the other.