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1940
With the help of the Red Cross, prisoners of war are able to sit ACCA exams.

1941
ACCA amalgamates with the Institution of Certified Public Accountants.

1943
A technical advisory committee is set up to promote research.

1945
A joint university scheme is introduced, allowing exemptions for graduates.

1948
Members. letters are formalised: FACCA (fellow) and AACCA (associate member).

1949
There are 3,500 members in Argentina, Australia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), the UK and the US.

1950
During the 1950s, branches are set up in Hong Kong, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Trinidad and Tobago, British Guiana (Guyana), Nigeria and Nyasaland (Malawi).

1951
Nearly 60% of members now work in the corporate sector - a similar proportion to the present day.

1954
ACCA celebrates its first 50 years.

1960s
Formal links are developed in Africa as accountancy bodies are established in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, followed in the 1970s - 1990s by Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

1963
Students are given the option to prepare for final exams through full-time study at educational institutions.

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