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Built to Serve.
Built for Every Room.

We are a BICA-registered accounting firm based in Botswana delivering shared services, outsourced accounting, and expert financial advisory to clients across the world.

Who We Are

A client's needs do not arrive in a single, tidy category. One week you need a financial reporter for year-end compliance. The next, a strategic sounding board on a capital decision. Then an investigator when something in the numbers does not add up.

Cloud Based Business Services was founded on the belief that the most valuable finance professionals are not specialists locked in a lane they are integrators who move fluidly between roles as client needs evolve. That is not a luxury. In today's business environment, it is the baseline.

We are a dual-director BICA-registered accounting firm headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. We serve clients directly in Botswana and extend our reach across the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and the rest of Africa through shared services, outsourced accounting arrangements, and partnerships with registered firms in those jurisdictions. We also deliver a full outsourced finance function to SMEs around the world.

Our practice is built on three pillars: standards-deep technical knowledge, commercial awareness, and ethical grounding that never compromises regardless of client, jurisdiction, or circumstance.

The Firm at a Glance
Cloud Based Business Services
Performance. Precision. Partnership.
10+
Years combined professional experience
Botswana : BICA Registered Home Base
UK : Shared Services
Australia : Shared Services
New Zealand : Shared Services
Rest of Africa : Partner Firms
SMEs Worldwide : Outsourced Finance
BICA Registered  ·  Xero Certified (L1 & L2)
MYOB  ·  Odoo  ·  WPS  ·  Microsoft  ·  AAT  ·  BSc (Hons) Accounting
10+
Years combined professional experience
6
Jurisdictions served directly or by partnership
2
Directors dual Xero-certified L1 & L2
SMEs worldwide served via outsourced finance model
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Our Journey
How CBBS Came to Be

CBBS did not start as an idea on a whiteboard. It was built from years of professional practice the experience, the lessons, and the conviction that clients deserve better than a single-service accounting firm.

March 2015
The Foundation Years Begin
Masiziani Thomas Masiziani joins Stern Graff (Pty) Ltd, Botswana beginning over a decade of professional firm experience across financial reporting, management accounting, audit, and client advisory. The discipline, standards, and client-first ethic developed here form the technical bedrock of CBBS.
2015 2025
A Decade of Technical Development
Ten years of client engagements spanning IFRS reporting, management accounts, audit readiness support, and corporate finance advisory. AAT Diploma achieved. ACCA studies commenced. Xero certifications attained at both L1 Associate and L2 Professional level. The conviction grows that the profession needs firms willing to wear multiple hats not just one.
2025
Cloud Based Business Services is Founded
CBBS is registered as a BICA-regulated accounting firm in Botswana. The dual-director model is established from day one Thomas bringing deep technical accounting expertise, Karabo bringing BSc (Hons) Accounting, dual Xero certification, and a Human Resources background that gives the firm a uniquely human dimension. The cloud-first practice model is built around Xero and remote service delivery from the outset.
June 2025
Professional Leadership Role BICA Committee
Masiziani Thomas Masiziani is appointed to the BICA Accounting Technician Committee (June 2025 May 2028), contributing to the development of the accounting profession in Botswana and demonstrating the firm's commitment to giving back to the professional community.
2025 Present
Global Reach Through Shared Services
CBBS expands its reach through shared services and outsourced accounting arrangements with registered firms in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and across Africa. A direct outsourced finance function offering is launched for SMEs worldwide bringing enterprise-level financial expertise to businesses of any size, anywhere.
The CBBS Philosophy

We Do Not Develop People to Pass Exams.
We Develop Them to Serve Clients.

The qualification journey matters. The rigour it demands is real, and we respect it deeply. But a certificate on the wall is not what a client in Gaborone, London, Sydney, Auckland, or Nairobi is paying for. They are paying for someone who can read their situation, reach for the right expertise, and deliver with confidence.

At CBBS, we build professionals who can sit across from any client a body corporate preparing for an AGM, a diaspora entrepreneur navigating two tax jurisdictions, an SME owner trying to understand whether their business model actually works and know which hat to put on. That adaptability is not an accident. It is what we invest in, every day.

Our reach beyond Botswana is delivered through shared services and outsourced accounting arrangements with registered firms in each jurisdiction ensuring full regulatory compliance, local context, and professional accountability wherever we work. For SMEs anywhere in the world, we deliver a complete outsourced finance function via cloud platforms the same depth of expertise that larger organisations take for granted, structured for your scale.

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Standards-Deep
We know our IFRS, our ISAs, and our IESBA Code at the level where judgement calls get made not just where they get cited.
02
Commercially Aware
Compliance is the floor. We also understand value drivers, cost structures, and what the numbers mean for your future not just your last year-end.
03
Ethically Grounded
Every engagement is governed by professional ethics not because we are required to say so, but because it is the only way we know how to work.
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Where We Operate
Our Global Reach

We are rooted in Botswana and reach the world through a deliberate model shared services, outsourced accounting, and partnerships with registered firms in each jurisdiction we serve. Every arrangement is structured for regulatory compliance and professional accountability.

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Botswana
BICA Registered Home Base
Full direct service financial reporting, management accounts, advisory, cloud implementation, and compliance. Our registered home jurisdiction.
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United Kingdom
Shared Services & Outsourced Accounting
Bookkeeping, management accounts, IFRS reporting, and outsourced finance function support via partnership with UK-registered firms.
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Australia
Shared Services & Outsourced Accounting
Cloud accounting, Xero implementation, financial reporting, and outsourced finance support via partnership with Australian-registered firms.
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New Zealand
Shared Services & Outsourced Accounting
Outsourced bookkeeping, management reporting, and finance function support via partnership with NZ-registered accounting firms.
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Rest of Africa
Partnership with Registered Firms
Shared services and outsourced accounting support delivered through partnerships with registered accounting firms across African jurisdictions.
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SMEs Worldwide
Outsourced Finance Function
Complete outsourced finance function delivered remotely bookkeeping, reporting, budgeting, and CFO-level advisory for businesses of any size, anywhere.
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The Difference
Why Clients Choose CBBS
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We Wear Every Hat
We do not ask clients to fit a service category. We read what the moment requires financial reporter, business analyst, auditor's eye, corporate finance mind, ethical anchor and show up with the right expertise. All six capabilities, one firm.
02
Standards at the Deepest Level
We know IFRS, ISAs, and the IESBA Code at the level where judgement calls get made. Not just where they get cited. That precision is what separates a compliant statement from a truly useful one and we deliver both.
03
Cloud-First. Always.
Our firm was built on cloud accounting from the ground up. Dual Xero-certified directors at both L1 Associate and L2 Professional level, with proficiency across MYOB, Odoo, QuickBooks, WPS Office, and Microsoft Office Suite. Real efficiency, real-time visibility, and accounting that works wherever you are.
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Globally Reach, Locally Accountable
We operate in six jurisdictions through shared services and registered firm partnerships meaning clients everywhere get local regulatory compliance with CBBS-standard professional quality. We are not just accessible remotely. We are accountable remotely.
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Ethics That Never Bends
Every engagement is governed by the IESBA Code, ACCA professional standards, and BICA registration requirements. Our ethical grounding is not a marketing statement it is the practical foundation of every piece of advice we give and every number we sign off.
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SME-Sized Engagements. Enterprise-Level Depth.
Our outsourced finance function model means smaller businesses get access to the same quality of financial management, reporting, and advisory that corporates employ full finance departments to deliver structured for their scale and budget.

"The clients who get the most from a finance professional are not the ones who ask for a report. They are the ones who ask, 'What should I actually do?' That question requires every hat at once."

Masiziani Thomas Masiziani, Director, Cloud Based Business Services

Ready to work with a firm built for your moment?

Whether you are in Botswana or on the other side of the world if you need finance professionals who bring genuine depth, ethical grounding, and the right hat for every situation, we would like to hear from you.

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