ICPAU shares the findings of its studies at the ICPAU Research Conference. The 1st ICPAU Research Conference was held on 14 November 2025 at Protea Hotel Kampala Skyz, Naguru, under the theme “Strengthening Accountability, Sustainability, and Professionalism through Evidence-Based Research”. It presented the two studies the Institute launched in 2024 with papers from other researchers on artificial intelligence, ethical governance, internal audit, financial inclusion and ESG reporting.
1st ICPAU Research Conference Proceedings (14 November 2025)
Papers presented at the 1st ICPAU Research Conference, under the theme “Strengthening Accountability, Sustainability, and Professionalism through Evidence-Based Research”.
Factors Affecting Performance of CPA Core Subjects in Uganda
The causes of poor performance in CPA core subjects, the enablers of success, the effect of demographic characteristics, and ways to improve, from the perspectives of students, graduates, tutors and examiners.
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Implementing the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard in Uganda
How users see the costs, benefits and challenges of implementing the SMEs Accounting Standard, from an online survey of all SMEs whose preparers use the standard.
Professional Scepticism and Audit Quality in Uganda
The determinants and levels of professional scepticism and audit quality, and the relationship between the two, from a survey of 201 accountants.
Enablers and Inhibitors of IFRS for SMEs’ Adoption in Uganda
The level of IFRS for SMEs adoption in Kampala and Mbarara Districts and the factors that foster or hinder it, from a survey of 398 SMEs.
Graduate Tracer Study and Employers’ Expectations Survey (2019)
The employment and career progress of CPA(U) graduates, employers’ satisfaction with them, and the wider economic and social impact of accountancy training.