How MSL Business School Students Won 40+ National ICAG and CITG Awards
In the 2024 ICAG examination year, something happened in Ghana's professional accounting landscape that had not happened before.
One tuition provider produced the National Overall Best Graduating Chartered Accountant for all three examination sittings held that year — March, July and November. Three different cohorts. Three different examination dates. Three different winners. All from MSL Business School.
That was not an accident. And it did not happen in isolation.
This post documents the full record — every national award MSL students have won since the institution's founding, the names behind the results, and what that pattern of performance reflects.
MSL Business School is the first tuition provider in Ghana to produce the National Overall Best Graduating Chartered Accountant for all three ICAG examination sittings in a single calendar year.
The 2024 ICAG Clean Sweep
The National Overall Best Graduating Student distinction is awarded to the single highest-performing candidate across the entire ICAG graduating cohort — every candidate, from every tuition provider, sitting that examination.
In 2024, ICAG held three examination sittings: March, July and November. MSL Business School produced the national best student at all three.
ICAG 2024 — The Clean Sweep
Three examination sittings. Three national best students.
Abigail Cudjoe — National Overall Best Graduating Student (March 2024 ICAG Exam)
Abigail Cudjoe — Overall Best Female Graduating Student (March 2024 ICAG Exam)
Abigail Cudjoe — Overall Best Student, Strategic Case Study (March 2024 ICAG Exam)
Godson Nkunu — National Overall Best Graduating Student (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
Godson Nkunu — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
Godson Nkunu — Overall Best Student, Advanced Audit & Assurance (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
Eric Ofosu — Overall Best Student, Public Sector Accounting & Finance (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
Michelle Opoku Sarfo — Overall Best Student, Strategic Case Study (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
Jesse Blessing Nyarkoh — National Overall Best Graduating Student (November 2024 ICAG Exam)
Eight national awards from a single examination year. Three of Ghana's top ICAG graduates — Abigail, Godson, and Jesse — all prepared at the same institution.
That institution was MSL Business School.
CITG — Three Consecutive National Overall Best Graduates
The Chartered Institute of Taxation, Ghana (CITG) professional examination is among the most technically demanding qualifications in Ghana. The tax framework is complex, the legislation is precise, and the examination demands both statutory mastery and applied reasoning under time pressure.
MSL Business School has produced the National Overall Best Graduating Student at CITG for three consecutive examination cohorts.
CITG 2023–2025 — Three Consecutive National Champions (August 2023, August 2024, and August 2025 CITG Examinations)
Princess Akuwa Agbesi — National Overall Best Graduating Student (August 2023 CITG Exam)
Princess Akuwa Agbesi — Overall Best Female Graduating Student (August 2023 CITG Exam)
Princess Akuwa Agbesi — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation Practice (August 2023 CITG Exam)
Paula Ayorkor Tengey — National Overall Best Graduating Student (August 2024 CITG Exam)
Paula Ayorkor Tengey — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation Practice (August 2024 CITG Exam)
Rose Bawuah — National Overall Best Graduating Student (August 2025 CITG Exam)
Princess Akuwa Agbesi. Paula Ayorkor Tengey. Rose Bawuah. Three different students. Three consecutive years. Three times, the highest-performing CITG graduate in Ghana came from MSL Business School.
The Full Award Record — Every Ceremony, Every Winner
Beyond the national overall best distinctions, MSL students have consistently secured subject-level national awards across multiple papers and multiple sittings. Here is the complete documented record:
ICAG Graduation — 28 February 2026 (November 2025 ICAG Examination — 5 National Awards)
Daniel Ankomah — Overall Best Student, Management Accounting
Wilfred Kwadwo Kumah — Overall Best Student, Financial Reporting
Wilfred Kwadwo Kumah — Overall Best Student, Public Sector Accounting & Finance
Wilfred Kwadwo Kumah — Overall Best Student, ICAG Level 2
Samuel Owusu Bimpong — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation
CITG Graduation — 6 December 2025 (August 2025 CITG Examination — 4 National Awards)
Rose Bawuah — National Overall Best Graduating Student
Eric Ofosu — Overall Best Student, Oil, Gas & Other Minerals Taxation
Malcolm Amissah-Arthur — Overall Best Student, Strategic Tax Planning
Elsie Oboshie Torgbor — Overall Best Student, Tax Practice Administration & Ethics
ICAG Graduation — 20 September 2025 (July 2025 ICAG Examination — 5 National Awards)
Franklina Nintori — Overall Best Female Graduating Student
Franklina Nintori — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation
John Adanu — Overall Best Student, Advanced Audit & Assurance
Graham Melomey — Overall Best Student, Financial Management
Graham Melomey — Overall Best Student, Public Sector Accounting & Finance
CITG Graduation — 28 June 2025 (August 2024 & February 2025 CITG Examinations — 5 National Awards)
Paula Ayorkor Tengey — National Overall Best Graduating Student (August 2024 CITG Exam)
Paula Ayorkor Tengey — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation Practice (August 2024 CITG Exam)
Issahaku Nasiru Abubakari — Overall Best Student, Oil, Gas & Other Minerals Taxation (August 2024 CITG Exam)
Godwin Nana Effah — Overall Best Student, Tax Practice Administration & Ethics (August 2024 CITG Exam)
Asiedu Boadu — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation Practice (February 2025 CITG Exam)
ICAG Graduation — 17 May 2025 (November 2024 & March 2025 ICAG Examinations — 4 National Awards)
Jesse Blessing Nyarkoh — National Overall Best Graduating Student (November 2024 ICAG Exam)
Jesse Blessing Nyarkoh — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation (November 2024 ICAG Exam)
Joshua Klo-Narh — Overall Best Student, Advanced Audit & Assurance (November 2024 ICAG Exam)
Kelvin Nketiah Sarfo — Overall Best Student, Corporate Reporting (March 2025 ICAG Exam)
ICAG Graduation — 12 October 2024 (March 2024 & July 2024 ICAG Examinations — 8 National Awards)
Abigail Cudjoe — National Overall Best Graduating Student (March 2024 ICAG Exam)
Abigail Cudjoe — Overall Best Female Graduating Student (March 2024 ICAG Exam)
Abigail Cudjoe — Overall Best Student, Strategic Case Study (March 2024 ICAG Exam)
Godson Nkunu — National Overall Best Graduating Student (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
Godson Nkunu — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
Godson Nkunu — Overall Best Student, Advanced Audit & Assurance (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
Eric Ofosu — Overall Best Student, Public Sector Accounting & Finance (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
Michelle Opoku Sarfo — Overall Best Student, Strategic Case Study (July 2024 ICAG Exam)
CITG Graduation — 15 June 2024 (August 2023 & February 2024 CITG Examinations — 8 National Awards)
Princess Akuwa Agbesi — National Overall Best Graduating Student (August 2023 CITG Exam)
Princess Akuwa Agbesi — Overall Best Female Graduating Student (August 2023 CITG Exam)
Princess Akuwa Agbesi — Overall Best Student, Advanced Taxation Practice (August 2023 CITG Exam)
Matthew Annan — Overall Best Student, Tax Audit & Investigations (February 2024 CITG Exam)
Christian Ahlijah — Overall Best Student, Oil, Gas & Other Minerals Taxation (February 2024 CITG Exam)
Perpetual Amoah Arhinful — Overall Best Student, Tax Practice Administration & Ethics (February 2024 CITG Exam)
Genevieve Dadzie — Overall Best Female Graduating Student (February 2024 CITG Exam)
Faustina Sakyiwaa Apraku — Overall Best Female Graduating Student (February 2024 CITG Exam)
What This Record Actually Means
Numbers accumulate. Names repeat. Papers vary. Sittings rotate. And across all of it — a pattern holds.
The examinations MSL students are winning are not straightforward. The ICAG Strategic Case Study demands multi-disciplinary judgement across a pre-seen scenario. Advanced Audit & Assurance requires both technical depth and professional scepticism applied under time pressure. Advanced Taxation at CITG demands mastery of Ghana's tax code and precision in statutory interpretation.
These are not papers where luck determines the outcome. They are won through examiner-aligned preparation — understanding not just what the syllabus covers, but how the examiner marks it, what structure earns marks, and how to execute under pressure.
That is what MSL prepares students to do. Every live session, every revision cycle, every timed practice simulation is built around how ICAG and CITG mark answers — not just what those answers need to contain.
Different cohorts. Different papers. Different years. The pattern is the same. That is what institutional consistency looks like.
The MSL Approach
MSL Business School operates fully online, delivering structured live tuition for the ICAG and CITG professional qualifications. Classes are live, not recorded lectures. The MSL Business School App integrates structured revision materials, practice questions, performance tracking, and AI-powered learning tools across all devices.
The institution was founded by Michael Siaw Larbi, a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Practitioner, and CGMA who completed all his ICAG papers (16 papers under the old ICAG syllabus) in under two years while simultaneously enrolled as a full-time university student — qualifying as a Chartered Accountant at age 21. That personal record shaped the approach: disciplined preparation, examiner focus, and measurable performance.
The Record Stands
More than 40 national awards. Three consecutive CITG national overall best graduates. A clean sweep of all three ICAG overall best graduating student awards in 2024. Subject-level distinctions across Management Accounting, Financial Reporting, Advanced Taxation, Advanced Audit & Assurance, Corporate Reporting, Strategic Case Study, Financial Management, Public Sector Accounting & Finance, Oil Gas & Other Minerals Taxation, Strategic Tax Planning, Tax Practice Administration & Ethics, Tax Audit & Investigations, and Advanced Taxation Practice.
The names on this page earned their results in the examination hall — not in a promotional leaflet. Every award listed above was conferred by ICAG or CITG at a formal graduation ceremony.
To see the full list of award winners, visit the MSL Business School Awards page.
