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Revolutionising Accounting Education through AI: Is Africa Ready for personalised learning, improved Assessments, and skills development?

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  • Queen MPOFU

    (University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa)

  • Odette SWART

    (University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa)

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Artificial intelligence (AI) will likely reshape Africa's accounting education system. The paper examines how AI can revolutionise accounting education and the readiness of African countries. A systematic literature review approach was adopted. The paper finds that the development and deployment of AI in Africa are still in their nascent stages. Nonetheless, the paper established that AI could enhance learning experiences through personalised learning, improve assessments, enhance skills development, and provide real-time feedback to educators and students. However, AI raises serious concerns about data privacy and protection, as well as the readiness of educators to embrace AI-enabled accounting education. The paper recommends integrating AI into the accounting curriculum, training and upskilling educators and collaborating with the industry to promote AI development and deployment in Africa.

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  • Queen MPOFU & Odette SWART, 2024. "Revolutionising Accounting Education through AI: Is Africa Ready for personalised learning, improved Assessments, and skills development?," Social Sciences and Education Research Review, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova, vol. 11(2), pages 171-179, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:edt:jsserr:v:11:y:2024:i:2:p:171-179
    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15258292
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