CPAs Giving Back: In Conversation with Chioma and Ako Ufodike

About this episode

Chioma and Ako Ufodike discuss their partnership with MNP to create a business award for Black students and share their experiences as Black professionals.

With Canada marking Black History Month 2026 in February, Alberta CPAs Chioma and Ako Ufodike join our host to talk about how they partnered with the accounting firm of MNP to create and fund a unique business award of excellence for Black post-secondary students, and the inspiration underpinning the award. They also chat about their own experiences as Black students and professionals, and the importance of Black History Month. Chioma and Ako bring humour and great insights to this wide-ranging and compelling discussion. Let us know what you think of this week's episode. Take our survey >> https://bit.ly/4kNI2NJ

People in this episode

Guests: Ako Ufodike, Chioma Ufodike

Topics covered

• Black History Month
• business award
• education
• diversity
• personal experiences

Keywords

• CPAs
• MNP
• Black students
• excellence award

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Canada, Alberta

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