Whitney Onosetale EHINEBOH

The study was carried out to examine how Information and Communication Technology has impacted on the development of accounting professionals in Nigeria. The study is an exploratory study which used the survey strategy with a deductive approach and quantitative method. The research instrument employed in this study is the close-ended questionnaire administered to the staff members of selected accounting firms. The data which was gathered from the research instrument are analyzed using the Ordinary Least Square method and descriptive and inferential statistics. The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) was used for data analysis. The main findings from the study indicates that Artificial Intelligence, Cloud computing and Blockchain have a positive and significant relationship with the development of accounting professionals. The study concluded that the positive relationship which exists between artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, education and the development of accounting professionals emphasizes the importance of embracing innovation and investing in education within the accounting profession. The researcher recommended that accounting firms should embrace
artificial intelligence, adopt cloud computing, leverage blockchain technology and focus on education and continuous learning in order to achieve proper development for accounting professionals.