CA(SA) was my ticket out of poverty: How this Auditor made his way into a Big 4 firm in the UK.

• Hi, I am Eric Sibisi, a Chartered Accountant from South Africa and an Audit Professional.
• At a very young age, I realized that the CA qualification could help me turn my life around.
• Through perseverance, I rose from poverty, took 11 years to qualify as a CA, and got a job in a Big 4 firm in the UK.

Becoming a CA… An 11-year journey 

Growing up in a small village, I experienced what it’s like living in poverty. 

My granny raised me and nine of my siblings. She did her level best to provide for all of us.

We didn’t have much information regarding the available educational and career opportunities. But when I was in 11^th grade I got to know from a booklet that there is something called Chartered Accountancy.