Monrovia –  PricewaterhouseCoopers (Liberia) LLC (“PwC Liberia”), member of the network of firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited,  multinational professional services firm, will officially launch its office in Monrovia on Thursday, October 13, 2016.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, will grace the occasion as the special guest of honor and will deliver a special address during the event.

The Regional Senior Partner of the West Market Area, Mr. Uyi Akpata, Liberia’s Country Senior Partner, Mr. Taweh Jefferson Veikai, along with scores of dignitaries including government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, as well as local and international partners and heads and representatives of various business houses will be in attendance.

PwC’s return to Liberia is a sign of the significant progress made by the Liberian government in attracting Foreign Direct Investment in an emerging economy. Liberia has a huge potential for growth due to its abundant natural resources and emerging markets.

There are immense potential in several areas, particularly in Assurance, Tax, Advisory, Government, International Development Organizations and Global investments.

We look forward to playing a major role in improving the quality of life of the people of Liberia by opening new opportunities for local businesses as well as providing job opportunities for the talented young workforce.

First, our focus is to quickly build relationships and offer valuable solutions to our clients, based on both our understanding of the Liberian economy and the global trends so that our clients here can get ahead of the business curve as we expect our global clients to invest and expand new markets in Liberia.

We plan to recruit, develop and build the capacity of young Liberian professionals from across various educational backgrounds including chartered accountancy, tax, advisory, law, management, and many others.

We are currently working closely with the Liberian Institute of Certified Public Accountants(“LICPA”) to develop industry ready professionals.

We are here to build long term relationships with clients, people, and the communities in Liberia through our new office. Our plan is to build a team of PwC professionals by recruiting the best and brightest talented young individuals in Liberia and expanding their knowledge base so that they can support an environment that encourages more companies to grow and expand by providing industry insight and helping clients solve important problems.

In Africa, PwC is the largest provider of professional services with close to 400 Partners and over 9,000 staff with 66 offices located in 36 countries. We are proud to also be in Liberia at this time.

We also provide industry-focused audit and assurance, advisory and tax services to both the private and public sectors including Financial Services, Government and International Development Institutions, Energy and Mining, and Consumer and Utilities. Our core values of excellence, teamwork and leadership defines our business and how we serve and provide value to our clients.

As professional advisors, we build trust in society and help our clients solve complex business problems with an aim to enhance their ability to build value, manage risk and improve performance. We add value to our clients’ businesses by helping to improve transparency, trustand consistency of business processes.

The event will take place at PwC Liberia’s offices on 9th Street, Payne Avenue, Sinkor adjacent Hotel Provident.

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 223,468 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. 

PwC is currently the only big four firm operating in Liberia. PwC is already making headways in the country and reaching underprivileged Liberians as part of the Firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility program, especially its contributions to the fight against Ebola in the country and other educational initiatives.

Monrovia – The 9th of April turned out to be a memorable day for the Kids Educational Engagement Project (KEEP) family when internationally renowned Professional Services Firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) made a donation of furniture to the local charity organization towards their first early childhood resource center on Duport road.

The donation comprising of 12 kiddies chairs,  4 early learners tables desks, 3 large bookshelves, 10 computer desks with chairs along with all of the painting needed to complete the building. The donation is valued at US$2,000.

Not only did PwC make this generous donation to KEEP, but saw this as an opportunity to allow its partners and staff to give back to the community by volunteering several hours of their valuable time worth more than US$5,000 to painting the building themselves.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is an international firm in 158 countries, 756 locations. PwC is the largest professional services firm in the world and is one of the Big Four. It has been ranked as the most prestigious accounting firm in the world for seven consecutive years, as well as the top firm to work for in North America for three consecutive years.

Named in 2015 as the 2nd most attractive employer in the world for business students, the firm also recently opened offices in Liberia and so far, PwC is currently the only big four firm operating in Liberia. PwC is already making headways in the country and reaching ordinary Liberians as part of the organization’s Social Corporate Responsibility program.

Making remarks on behalf of the company Madam Sophie Kayemba Mutebi, Tax Manager, and also Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity & Inclusion at PwC Liberia conveyed her sincere gratitude to PwC and KEEP for making this project possible.

She noted that as a professional services firm, a part of their goal is to ensure that the lives of Liberian children and youth are positively impacted wherever they are located.

She noted that they at PwC are happy to be a part of supporting efforts in making Liberian children the leaders they want to be which is line with their purpose of building trust in society and solving important problems. She urged them to make use of the reading room, the computers, and the facilities as a whole to better themselves.

Making remarks on behalf of KEEP, its founder and Executive Director, Madam Brenda Brewer Moore thanked PwC for its support to the organization for the donation of the furniture and paint and noted that the donation could not have come at a better time as they are at the final stage of completing their first resource center and needed the furniture and paint to finish up the project.

She noted that she was very impressed with the company for not just believing in a local non-profit organization and making the generous donation, but also seeing the number of employees who had come out to help paint the building as a means of giving back to underprivileged communities.

She noted that their actions truly exemplified their core values of leadership and teamwork. She noted that not many companies give back to the communities and found PwC’s actions laudable. She hopes other professional companies in Liberia will emulated by this. The day was highlighted with hard work, teamwork and fun as everyone joined efforts and within two hours, the resource center was painted.

KEEP is a local non-profit organization operating at the grassroots level in 3 counties in Liberia (Grand Gedeh, Gbarpolu & Montserrado) and focuses on providing various supports in the education sector, particularly at the primary school level.

KEEP also engages in women and girls empowerment, economic livelihood, access to justice, promotion of rights in schools, strengthening youth education through computer and reading literacy programs, child sponsorship and advocacy.

For more information on the organization, visit their website at www.keeplib.org or contact via email info@keeplib.org or call 0886510731