Distinguished Lecture Series

The Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain – Africa hosts Distinguished Lecture Series and invites scholars and supply chain practitioners to deliver in-depth presentations to faculty and students of KNUST and other stakeholders. The series aims at providing attendees with the opportunity to learn about best practices, new techniques and ideas, and exemplary research activities and case studies.

Next Lecture: FAITH MASHELE

Beyond Disruption: Leveraging Strategic Foresight for Resilient Supply Chains

Past Lectures

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024

LT.COL. Solomon Ocran || Ghana Armed Forces​

 “Medical and Humanitarian Logistics in Disaster Settings: Preparedness and Response

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Thursday, May 22, 2024

Nannette Atuahene|| On Our Watch Global, LLC

 “Building a Future-Ready Supply Chain Industry

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Marcia Mkansi ||Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of South Africa

 “Research-based Innovation in Africa”

2023 - 2024 Lectures

Thursday, September 15, 2023

Nathaniel Boso ||Professor of International Marketing and Strategy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

 “Developing and Utilizing Relational Political Resources to Navigate Institutional Complexities”

Thursday, August 24, 2023

 Mei Li ||Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Oklahoma

 “Dare to Cheat? The Liabilities of Newness and Foreignness in Containing Sustainability Fraud in China

Thursday, April 20, 2023

 Stephan Wagner ||Professor and Chair of Logistics Management, ETH Zurich

 “Startups in the Supply Chain Ecosystem—Practice and Research

Thursday, February 09, 2023

Thursday, December 08, 2022

 Denis M. Wolowiecki || Executive Managing Director of CAPS Research

Thursday, October 20, 2022

 Kevin Dooley|| Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University

 “Working with Industry on Supply Chain Sustainability Issues

Friday, September 2, 2022

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Veronica Villena|| Associate Professor, W.P Carey School of Business – Arizona State University.

“Do Sustainability and Resilience Go Hand in Hand? The Case of Pennsylvania Dairy Farmers”

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Speaker: Dr Samuel Fosso Wamba | Toulouse Business School, France

Title: Exploring AI capabilities in operations management: going from a bibliometic analysis to empirical studies

Friday, February 25, 2022

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Mark Pagell, PhD, Chair in Global Leadership| Professor of Sustainable Supply Chain Management, University College Dublin | Co-Editor-in-Chief The Journal of Supply Chain Management 

Contemporary Research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management and What Leading Journals like JSCM Look for in a Submission

Friday, October 1, 2021

Francis K. Ando-Baidoo, PhD | Associate Professor of Information Systems, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

How to Turn Your Thesis or Dissertation into a Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Mr Emmanuel Amoah-Adjei | Former Head of Supplies Division, Anglogold Ashanti, Obuasi

Supply Chain Management Strategies – Ways to reduce cost in an organization