Meet Cameron Modisane South Africa’s 1st Black Accounting Professor Under 35, Mzansi Celebrates His Success
- Prof Cameron Modisane is South Africa's first black accounting professor under the age of 35
- He revealed that he always enjoyed accounting and got top marks in high school, making it an obvious career choice
- He is currently the Deputy Executive Dean: College of Accounting Sciences at the University of South Africa (UNISA)
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Born and bred in KwaThema, Prof Cameron Modisane is South Africa's first black accounting professor under the age of 35. In 2019, at age 33, he became the youngest black person in South Africa to obtain a PhD in Accounting Sciences.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Accounting Sciences from North-West University, a Master of Commerce (MComm) in Auditing from the University of Johannesburg, a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Honours in Auditing, and a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in Auditing from the University of Pretoria.
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The trailblazer shared:
"I have always enjoyed accounting and got top marks in high school, so the decision to go into accounting after high school was a relatively easy one."
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According to Zoza Communications, in October 2020, the young man was appointed Associate Professor of Accounting Sciences at the University of South Africa's College of Accounting Sciences.
In July 2020, he was appointed to the ISACA South African chapter board of directors, as the Pretoria - Regional Director from 2020 to 2022.
Modisane is currently the Deputy Executive Dean: College of Accounting Sciences at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
He previously worked as an Auditing Manager at the Auditor General of South Africa based at the Head Office in Pretoria. He also worked with PwC for several years.
SA pours in congratulations
Inspired social media users flooded the accounting expert with congratulations and touching words on the LinkedIn post:
Mbuso Samson said:
“Congratulations sir.”
Bryant Cromwell commented:
“That is outstanding for that gentleman I knew he has some difficult times but people were dead to support him and back him up really that’s amazing but that’s the best word I could come up with but there’s something more important to bed statured the way that he holds his self sure that he’s very professional that’s a blessing to have an amazing I wish him the best of luck and his future one day he has his own business to make a song carbon footprint in the world thank you for this opportunity to share my thoughts on the left is young gentleman work so hard to be Chase position.”
mutya ben wrote:
“I celebrate you professor.”
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