IFRS Foundation adds 17 new jurisdiction profiles on the use of IFRS around the world
29 Jan 2018
The IFRS Foundation has added 17 new jurisdiction profiles on the use of IFRS, bringing the total number of profiles completed to 166 jurisdictions. The new jurisdictions are members of the Organisation for the Harmonization of Corporate Law in Africa and will begin using IFRS Standards on 1 January 2019.
The new jurisdiction profiles are for the following nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Senegal and Togo.
For more information, see the press release on the IASB's website.