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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250716
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SUMMARY:2025 Supply Chain Research Summit
DESCRIPTION:The summit is central to CARISCA’s goal to integrate Africa’s supply chain research into mainstream research and strengthen African supply chain capacity. It is the largest academic supply chain conference on the continent. \nThis year we are moving the event from Ghana to Nigeria\, Africa’s most-populated country. This move will further CARISCA’s vision of becoming a pan-African hub for supply chain education\, research and practice. \nThe summit is set for July 16-18\, 2025\, in Lagos\, Nigeria. As in previous years\, the 2025 Summit will be a hybrid event. The in-person venue is the Lagos Marriott Hotel Ikeja. Virtual attendees will participate via Zoom. \nPresentations will revolve around the theme “Reimagining Africa’s Supply Chains for a Sustainable Future.” \nRegistration for the summit will open soon! We encourage you to sign up as soon as possible once it does—space is limited\, and we anticipate spots will fill quickly. \n“The summit is a can’t-miss event for supply chain management scholars from Africa and around the world\,” says Dale Rogers\, CARISCA’s executive director. “In only a few years\, it has become the place where new research ideas relevant to Africa are developed and presented.” \nLearn more: summit2025.carisca.org
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/2025-supply-chain-research-summit/
LOCATION:Lagos Marriott Hotel Ikeja
CATEGORIES:Latest Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220426T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220426T170000
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SUMMARY:Supply Chain Action Network Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Supply Chain Action Network (SCAN) Meeting \nSupply Chain Implications of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on Africa \nHow will the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) affect your supply chains? Don’t miss the discussion at CARISCA’s upcoming event. \nCARISCA’s Supply Chain Action Network (SCAN) engages supply chain stakeholders in Ghana and across Africa to discuss current topics\, trends\, opportunities and challenges for managing African supply chains. The goal is to create a strong network of policymaking\, private sector and civil society organizations to strengthen supply chain research\, education and facilitate knowledge transfer.  \n At our next SCAN meeting\, you will participate in a high-level discussion about the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)\, an Africa-wide trade agreement\, and its implications for integrating African businesses into global supply chains. The World Bank estimates AfCFTA has the potential to lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty\, boost wages by 10 percent and increase intra-African exports by 81 percent.  \nJoin us to \n\nLearn about AfCFTA and how it can help African companies boost intracontinental and global exports\nUnderstand the current challenges to full implementation\nInteract with supply chain experts\nNetwork with logistics\, procurement and supply chain colleagues\n\n This meeting will feature presentations from Mr. Emmanuel K. Bensah Jr.\, Deputy Executive Director–AfCFTA Policy Network\, and Professor Jonathan Annan\, Associate Professor in Logistics\, Procurement and Supply Chain at the Strathmore University Business School\, Kenya.   \nThis event is free of charge – register today! We look forward to seeing you there. \nQuestions? Please contact Ms. Elsie Konadu Addae\, the Centre Administrator\, at ekaddae@carisca.knust.edu.gh or  +233265654718. \nSPEAKERS’ PROFILES \nEmmanuel K. Bensah Jr \n \nEmmanuel K. Bensah is Deputy Executive Director of AfCFTA Policy Network\, with responsibility for African Union (AU) Policy Programming; Outreach and Partnerships. He is also an ECOWAS and AU Policy Analyst with cumulative experience in the African Union\, ECOWAS\, UNECA\, OECD and Sahel West Africa Club. He has been a member of the Agenda 2063 Media Network since 2017 and the African Peer Review Mechanism Communicator’s Network since May 2019.  \nBensah has an M.A. in International Politics from the renowned Brussels-based Centre Européen de Récherche Internationales et Stratégiques and has UN certification in Regional Trade (2011); Continental Free Trade Area (2012); and acquired a UNITAR/ECOWAS certificate on Multilateral Trade Negotiations. \nBensah was the first journalist to interview Chief Technical Advisor of the AfCFTA Negotiations Prudence Sebahizi on what was then CFTA. He has moderated at international conferences\, including AU’s Regional Youth Consultation in Abuja; NEPAD’s Africa Environment Partnership Programme (AEPP) in Nairobi; and in Dakar\, where he moderated a session on “Institutional Architecture of the African Continental Free Trade Area” (AfCFTA) at a Stakeholder’s Forum for Private Sector and Civil Society. In 2019\, He was asked to moderate the Second Edition of the Arusha Symposium\, which focused on AfCFTA and the AU’s Free Movement of People Protocol. \n  \nProfessor Jonathan Annan \n \nProfessor Jonathan Annan is an Associate Professor of Operations\, Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the prestigious Strathmore University Business School in Nairobi\, Kenya. His research focuses on the interface between Transport Operations\, Logistics\, Project Management\, Sustainability and Supply Chain Management. His research has won multiple awards including the 2017 Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy Best Conference paper. Jonathan has published in leading scholarly journals such as the International Journal of Production Economics\, Journal of Business Research\, Psychology and Marketing\, Industrial Marketing Management and Thunderbird International Business Review. \nHe holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics\, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education\, Master’s Degree in Industrial Management and a Doctor of Philosophy in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He is the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Institute of Project Management Professionals (IPMP) and a Distinguished Fellow Member of IPMP. He is also a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT\, UK). Professor Annan has authored four books on Supply Chain and has consulted for several companies in Ghana and Kenya on Transportation\, Logistics\, Operations and Supply Chain Management policies. \nProfessor Annan is currently the Programme Lead for Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain and Operations Management at Strathmore University Business School. He has represented Strathmore University on National Dialogues in Kenya. He has been a speaker for various events organized by the Kenya Institute of Supply Management\, Zetova\, Ministry of Industrialization\, Trade and Enterprise Development and many others.
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/supply-chain-action-network-meeting-2/
CATEGORIES:Latest Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211029
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SUMMARY:Research Capacity-Building  Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our two-day Research Capacity Building Workshop for KNUST Faculty and PhD candidates from Wednesday\, October 27 to Thursday\, October 28\, 2021\, from 2–5 pm GMT/7–10 am MST. \nJoin us online on :https://carisca-knust-edu-gh.zoom.us/j/91953008793  or in-person at Amono-Neizer Conference Room\, KNUST-Kumasi. \nHere’s what will be covered \nThe goal of this workshop is to cover multiple theories under an overarching theoretic perspective. We will touch on complex adaptive systems theory\, institutional theory\, transaction cost economics\, resource-based view\, agency theory\, triads and structural hole concept\, buyer-supplier embeddedness\, social capital theory\, and theory of nexus suppliers. The overarching theoretic perspective is provided by social network analysis. Rather than focusing on theories themselves\, we will consider how these theories and theoretical perspectives have been applied in one person’s research. \nTimetable \n\n\n\nDay`\nTopic\n\n\n27th October 2021\nTheories in Supply Chain Management\n\n\n28th October 2021\nApplying Relevant theories to CARISCA Research Projects
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/research-capacity-building-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Latest Events,Our Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210723
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SUMMARY:Annual Supply Chain Research Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join the conversation at CARISCA’s first Supply Chain Research Summit. The virtual conference will consist of four keynote presentations\, six sessions\, two-panel discussions\, and a dissertation award session for the best supply chain dissertation. \nThe goal of the conference is to exchange and share knowledge about supply chain research in Africa and showcase some of the best supply chain knowledge and practices. The conference is for academics\, practitioners\, policymakers\, and students. \nClick here to read more about this event. \nCARISCA Supply Chain Research Summit Schedule
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/annual-supply-chain-research-summit/
LOCATION:Online Platform – Zoom\, Ghana
CATEGORIES:Latest Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210430
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SUMMARY:SCALE Meeting
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nCARISCA will hold  Supply Chain Action Lab for Engagement (SCALE) meeting on 28th – 29th April 2021.   \n. CARISCA’s Supply Chain Action Labs for Engagement (SCALE) bring together leading supply chain experts and stakeholders from multiple sectors to translate university research into real-world solutions for Ghanaian and pan-African supply chains. \nIn this meeting\, you will hear from supply chain experts and participate in breakout sessions to identify supply chain issues and propose solutions. \nDay 1: Global Sourcing and Risk Management\nWednesday\, April 28\, 3-5 pm GMT (8-10 am AZ/MST/PST)\n\nDr. Anthony Nsiah Asare\, Presidential Advisor on Health\, Ghana\nMs. Bindiya Vakil\, CEO\, Resilinc\n\nDay 2: Global Distribution Challenges\nThursday\, April 29\, 3-5 pm GMT (8-10 am AZ/MST/PST) \n\nMr. Jamey Butcher\, President and CEO Chemonics\nMs. Naa Adorkor Yawson\, Zipline Country Director\, Ghana\n\n\nClick here to Register Now
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/scale-meeting/
LOCATION:Online Platform – Zoom\, Ghana
CATEGORIES:Latest Events,Our Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200916T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200916T170000
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Agriculture Supply Chain Stakeholders
DESCRIPTION:CARISCA will have a meeting with the Stakeholders in the Agriculture Supply Chain on Sept 16 2020 at 3pm GMT. The stakeholders for the meeting will include AgricAccess\, the Ghana Commodity Exchange\, Ghana Buffer Stock\, Faranya\, Esoko\, Poultry Farmers Association\, Women in Poultry Association\, Premium Foods among others. The meeting will discuss the challenges that the stakeholders face in the agriculture supply chain and ways in which CARISCA can collaborate with the stakeholders to help solve them.
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/meeting-with-agriculture-supply-chain-stakeholders/
CATEGORIES:Latest Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200915T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200915T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200916T021818Z
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SUMMARY:Stakeholder Meeting with the Global Health Supply Chain program for Procurement and Supply Management project (GHSC-PSM)
DESCRIPTION:CARISCA will hold a stakeholder meeting with the Global Health Supply Chain program for Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) on Sept 15 2020. The Global Health Supply Chain program for Procurement and Supply Management project (GHSC-PSM) is implemented by Chemonics. The GHSC-PSM is currently procuring health commodities and providing health system strengthening technical assistance which includes the implementation of a Logistics Management Information Systems (LMIS) or “Control Tower” called GhiLMIS in Ghanaian public health sector. The meeting will discuss how CARISCA and GHSC-PSM can collaborate to improve health supply chains in Ghana.
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/stakeholder-meeting-with-the-global-health-supply-chain-program-for-procurement-and-supply-management-project-ghsc-psm/
CATEGORIES:Latest Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200916
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SUMMARY:Orientation for PhD. Candidates
DESCRIPTION:There will be an Orientation for all students admitted into the PhD. Business and Management (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) program at the Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain-Africa (CARISCA). \nAll prospective Students are entreated to attend this important orientation.
URL:https://carisca.knust.edu.gh/event/orientation-for-phd-candidates/
LOCATION:KNUST Business School Auditorium\, Kumasi\, Ghana
CATEGORIES:Latest Events
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