Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain - Africa

Orientation for PhD. Candidates
2020-09-15 | KNUST Business School Auditorium, Kumasi, Ghana
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).
All prospective Students are entreated to attend this important orientation.

Stakeholder Meeting with the Global Health Supply Chain program for Procurement and Supply Management project (GHSC-PSM)
2020-09-15 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
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.

Meeting with Agriculture Supply Chain Stakeholders
2020-09-16 15:00 - 17:00
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.

Stakeholder Meeting with Pharmaceutical Importers and Wholesalers Association, Ghana.
2020-10-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Alisa Hotel (Swiss Spirit Hotel), Accra, Ghana
CARISCA will hold a stakeholder meeting with the Pharmaceutical Importers and Wholesalers Association, Ghana (PIWA) on 15th October 2020 at Alisa Hotel ( Swiss Spirit Hotel), Accra.The meeting will discuss how CARISCA and PIWA can collaborate to improve health supply chains in Ghana.

Supply Chain Action Laboratory Engagement (SCALE)
2020-11-18 14:00
CARISCA will hold its maiden Supply Chain Action Laboratory Engagement (SCALE) meeting on 18th November 2020 at 2:00pm. Due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, this event would be held virtually on Zoom.

CARISCA will leverage SCALE Sessions to engage the Government of Ghana in focused activities on formulating research-based supply and procurement policies that improve and reinforce the Public Procurement Authority’s existing approach.
SCALE is a mechanism which allows innovative and scalable collaborative projects to strengthen supply chains, by providing funding and technical assistance to maximize the likelihood of success and widespread uptake.
SCALE strives to convene;

Practitioners from the private sector, governments, and civil society organisations to discuss supply chain challenges and opportunities;
Researchers from KNUST, ASU, and CARISCA affiliates from other higher education institutions, including faculty, graduate students, and selected undergraduate students will provide expertise in helping to solve these problems
Local and multinational private companies, including our private sector and CSO partners that bring access to networks, technology, and real-world best practices.

SCALE Meeting
2021-04-28 - 2021-04-29 | Online Platform – Zoom, Ghana
CARISCA will hold Supply Chain Action Lab for Engagement (SCALE) meeting on 28th – 29th April 2021.
. 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.
In this meeting, you will hear from supply chain experts and participate in breakout sessions to identify supply chain issues and propose solutions.
Day 1: Global Sourcing and Risk Management
Wednesday, April 28, 3-5 pm GMT (8-10 am AZ/MST/PST)

Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, Presidential Advisor on Health, Ghana
Ms. Bindiya Vakil, CEO, Resilinc

Day 2: Global Distribution Challenges
Thursday, April 29, 3-5 pm GMT (8-10 am AZ/MST/PST)

Mr. Jamey Butcher, President and CEO Chemonics
Ms. Naa Adorkor Yawson, Zipline Country Director, Ghana

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Faculty Workshop
2021-05-05 - 2021-05-06
CARISCA is organizing a Faculty workshop on the 5th and 6th of May 2021.

2021-07-07 17:00 - 19:00
Join CARISCA’s senior technical advisor, Katy Keane, on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, from 5-7 pm GMT/10-noon AZ/PDT, and learn to leverage LinkedIn to grow your professional network and influence. This free online training is geared toward supply chain management students and professionals.

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LinkedIn is the largest business-oriented networking website for professionals with over 750 million members in more than 200 countries. Optimizing your LinkedIn profile can help you create connections and build trust with your professional network, employers, and recruiters.

Annual Supply Chain Research Summit
2021-07-21 - 2021-07-22 | Online Platform – Zoom, Ghana
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.
The 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.
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CARISCA Supply Chain Research Summit Schedule

CONTINUING AND PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIVE TRAINING WORKSHOP
2021-08-05 - 2021-08-06
The Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain – Africa (CARISCA) is organizing a Two-day Continuing and Professional Executive Training Workshop under the theme; The Emerging Issues in Procurement and Supply Chain; Ethics, Governance and Leadership.
DATE: 5th August 2021 (9:00am – 3:00pm)
6th August 2021 (9:00am – 12:00pm)
VENUE: Mensvic Hotel, Accra
SPEAKER: Stella Aku Addo (CIPS Country Manager) – Read her Profile here
The cost for this training workshop is GH¢1,000.00 per participant.
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The deadline for registration for this training workshop is 31st July, 2021.
After registration, kindly make bank payment with the account details below;
BANK: GCB
ACCOUNT NAME: KSB PRODUCTIONS
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6031130010405
BRANCH: KNUST
Inquiries and Mode of Application
For all further inquiries regarding this training workshop, please contact Dr. John Frimpong Manso on any of the following:
Tel: +233244961433 / +233207525237
Emails: jmfrimpong@carisca.knust.edu.gh/ kuutuome@carisca.knust.edu.gh

Continuing and Professional Executive Training Workshop
2021-09-28 - 2021-10-21
Upgrade your professional skills in risk management, expand your expertise in developing and executing organizational resilience strategies in complex and uncertain procurement, and supply chains environments.
This three-day training workshop is for procurement and supply chain practitioners and professionals working for governmental and non-governmental entities.

Workshop Dates

Dates
Location
Venue

28th – 30th September, 2021
Kumasi
KNUST

19th – 21st October, 2021
Takoradi
Raybow Hotel

Investment

Your investment in this three-day workshop is only GH¢2,000.00 per person. This investment will help pay for your fees, training materials, a buffet lunch and two snack breaks each day, and a certificate of participation.

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NB: Kindly complete your registration by making full payments on Thursday, 23rd September 2021.
Meet your facilitators

Dr Kwadwo Koduah Owusu, Head, Procurement and Supply Management Unit, NACP, Ghana Health Service
Mr Atoapem Frimpong Barimah, Regional Inventory, Logistics and Warehouse Governance Manager, Newmont Gold Corporation

PARTNERSHIP COORDINATION COMMITTEE (PCC) MEETING
2021-09-28 15:00 - 16:30
Kindly note that CARISCA’s Partnership Coordination Committee (PCC) will meet on the 28th of September 2021 to help coordinate CARISCA’s activities with partner organizations, stakeholders, and individuals to create and sustain long-term relationships that support innovative projects that solve local, regional, and national supply chain challenges.
Date: 28th September 2021
Venue: Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 92742460314

Distinguished Supply Chain Executive Lecture 3
2021-10-01 15:00 - 17:00
Please join us for CARISCA’s 3rd Distinguished Supply Chain Executive Lecture series as CARISCA’S Center Director, Prof Nathaniel Boso moderates a live webinar on the topic; “How to turn your thesis or dissertation into peer-reviewed publications “ on Friday, October 1, 2021, at 3 p.m. GMT (8 a.m. PDT).
Guest Speaker
Prof Francis K. Andoh- Baidoo is the Guest Speaker for this event. He is an international faculty fellow and associate professor at the Department of Information Systems, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley.
ZOOM LINK
This is an online event. Join us through this link
Meeting ID: 94489387024

Research Capacity-Building Workshop
2021-10-27 - 2021-10-28
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.
Join us online on :https://carisca-knust-edu-gh.zoom.us/j/91953008793 or in-person at Amono-Neizer Conference Room, KNUST-Kumasi.
Here’s what will be covered
The 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.
Timetable

Day`
Topic

27th October 2021
Theories in Supply Chain Management

28th October 2021
Applying Relevant theories to CARISCA Research Projects

Supply Chain Action Network (SCAN) Meeting: Managing Global Supply Chain Disruptions: An African Perspective
2021-11-30 14:00 - 15:30 | Amono-Neizer Conference Room, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 2-3:30 pm GMT
Featuring Atoapem Frimpong Barimah
Regional Manager – SCI, Materials, Freight & Warehouse Governance
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited
Hybrid meeting: virtual and in-person registration available, space is limited

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Distinguished Lecture Series
2021-12-02
Distinguished Lecture Series
Join CARISCA’s Distinguished Lecture Series on (1) Contemporary Research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management and (2) What leading Journals like JSCM, look for in a submission on Thursday, December 2, 2021, 6-7 pm GMT. This lecture will feature Professor Mark Pagell, PhD of University College Dublin.

Stakeholder Affinity Group Meeting in Accra: Healthcare
2022-02-01 09:00 - 15:00 | FIESTA ROYALE HOTEL, ACCRA
Join us for our first Healthcare Supply Chains Affinity Group Meeting on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at the Fiesta Royale Hotel, Accra, (9:00 a.m – 3:00 p.m GMT). This forum will explore the current health SCM issues/practices and identify problems that affect the success of supply chain initiatives in the healthcare industry.
The topic for discussion at this meeting is Strengthening Health Supply Chains in Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities for Drugs in the Top Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases. Register online to join this event.

Academic Board Meeting
2022-02-23
CARISCA will host an Academic Board Meeting on February 23, 2022.

Distinguished Lecture Series with Prof Tobias Schoenherr
2022-02-25 16:00 - 18:00 | https://carisca-knust-edu-gh.zoom.us/j/95547847143
Join Us for CARISCA’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
The topic for this Lecture “Best Practices for Publishing: Lessons Learned and the IJOPM Perspective” will be delivered by Prof Tobias Schoenherr, Hoagland-Metzler Endowed Professor in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University.

Meet the Speaker

Tobias Schoenherr is the Hoagland-Metzler Endowed Professor in Purchasing and Supply Management at the Broad College of Business, Michigan State University. Recently ranked to be among the Top 10 thought leaders worldwide in supply chain management research, he is an award-winning scholar and teacher focusing on the area of sourcing, with a particular interest in buyer-supplier relationships.

Having obtained his Ph.D. from Indiana University in Operations Management and Decision Sciences, he has been teaching at numerous universities, both domestically and internationally. He has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articles that appeared in outlets such as Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Marketing Research, Decision Sciences, Journal of Supply Chain Management, and Journal of Business Logistics.

He is serving as the Co-Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, and as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, and the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.

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Call for Papers: 2022 Supply Chain Research Summit
2022-02-28 08:00 - 17:00
Call for papers open now: Share your expertise at the 2022 Summit
Submissions are due by Monday, February 28, 2022

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Partnership Coordination Committee (PCC) Meeting
2022-03-29

Call for applications: PhD Dissertation Award
2022-04-04

CARISCA Advisory Board Meeting
2022-04-13

Distinguished Lecture Series
2022-04-21 17:00 - 18:30
The Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain – Africa hosts Distinguished Lecture Series and invite 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 from exemplary research activities and case studies.
Join us for our next lecture in April 21, 2022. The title for this lecture is Exploring AI capabilities in operations management: going from a bibliometic analysis to empirical studies.
Speaker: Dr Samuel Fosso Wamba | Toulouse Business School, France
Time: 5:00pm GMT
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Supply Chain Action Network Meeting
2022-04-26 14:00 - 17:00
Supply Chain Action Network (SCAN) Meeting
Supply Chain Implications of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on Africa
How will the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) affect your supply chains? Don’t miss the discussion at CARISCA’s upcoming event.
CARISCA’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.
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.
Join us to

Learn about AfCFTA and how it can help African companies boost intracontinental and global exports
Understand the current challenges to full implementation
Interact with supply chain experts
Network with logistics, procurement and supply chain colleagues

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.
This event is free of charge – register today! We look forward to seeing you there.
Questions? Please contact Ms. Elsie Konadu Addae, the Centre Administrator, at ekaddae@carisca.knust.edu.gh or +233265654718.
SPEAKERS’ PROFILES
Emmanuel K. Bensah Jr

Emmanuel 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.
Bensah 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.
Bensah 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.

Professor Jonathan Annan

Professor 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.
He 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.
Professor 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.

Distinguished Lecture Series with Veronica Villena
2022-06-16 17:00 - 19:00
The Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain – Africa hosts Distinguished Lecture Series and invite 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 from exemplary research activities and case studies.
Join Us for CARISCA’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
The topic for this Lecture “Do Sustainability and Resilience Go Hand in Hand? The Case of Pennsylvania Dairy Farmers” will be delivered by Veronica Villena, Associate Professor, W.P Carey School of Business – Arizona State University.
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Meet the Speaker

Veronica Villena is an associate professor of supply chain management at the W.P Carey School of Business, Arizona State University.
Her research focuses on how companies engage their global supplier network to achieve economic, environmental and social outcomes. She has worked with leading sustainability companies in the automotive, electronics, consumer product, pharmaceutical, fashion and food sectors on how they can diffuse their environmental and labor practices to their first-, second-and third-tier suppliers. Her research explores the challenges companies face in cascading their environmental and labor requirements to these upstream suppliers while informing the reasons why suppliers do not fulfill such requirements. She has done extensive grounded research in several emerging/developing countries and worked with industry organizations and NGOs to better understand the environmental and labor conditions in supplier factories.
She won the 2019 Jack Meredith Best Paper award at the Journal of Operations Management and the Chan Hahn Best Paper Award of the Academy of Management (OSCM division) in 2016 and 2020. Her work has been published in a variety of prestigious journals, including Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, and Decision Sciences. She also publishes in managerial outlets such as Harvard Business Review and Supply Chain Management Review. She currently serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Operations Management and a senior editor for Production and Operations Management. Villena’s research papers can be accessed at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Veronica_Villena.

2022 Paper Development Workshop - Pre-Conference Workshop
2022-06-27 09:00 - 16:00
If you are faculty or a senior doctoral candidate in a higher education institution (HEI) in Africa, CARISCA invites you to participate in the special Paper Development Workshop, a pre-conference session of our Annual Supply Chain Research Summit. The workshop will be held in person at KNUST on Monday, June 27, 2022, 9 am – 4 pm GMT.
The number of seats for the program is limited. To be eligible, you must be a faculty or senior doctoral student in an African HEI, register for the conference, have a complete or near-complete research paper, and commit to attending the summit in person. The same paper may or may not be submitted for presentation at the main Summit.
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To be considered for the 2022 CARISCA Paper Development Workshop, please apply online by Friday, April 1, 2022.
Accepted participants will be notified by May 2, 2022. If you have questions, please email Professor Adegoke Oke at Adegoke.Oke@asu.edu.
The workshop is fully supported by the Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain – Africa (CARISCA); there is no cost to attendees.

CARISCA'S 2022 Supply Chain Research Summit
2022-06-28 - 2022-06-30 | KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
The Second Annual Supply Chain Research Summit is scheduled for June 28-30, 2022.
The summit will be a hybrid event featuring in-person and virtual presentations. In-person sessions will be held in Ghana at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi; virtual sessions will be held via Zoom.

Call for papers open now: Share your expertise at the 2022 Summit
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CARISCA Hackathon- Breeding and Hatching Supply Chain Innovations Beyond Borders
2022-07-08 - 2022-07-09
CARISCA INNOVATION LAB HACKATHON COMPETITION PLAN
The CARISCA Innovation Lab has innovation as one of its pillars. A hackathon is a tool that can be used to drive sustained innovation and crowdsource solutions to address real-life business problems and social issues.
Why a hackathon?
Currently, the lab is searching for innovative ideas and projects that are student engineered to help drive the lab into its vision as a hub for supply chain innovation and creativity in Ghana, West Africa, and beyond. Hackathons have some clear advantages over traditional methods of hunting for ideas and talents. They are inclusive, agile, and promote multidisciplinary collaboration. They have shorter innovation cycles and are better suited for addressing fast-changing consumer demands.
TARGET AUDIENCE / PARTICIPANTS
Undergraduate Students, Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Postgraduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Registration is free for participants
Time and Date
8th – 9th July 2022
VENUE
CARISCA Innovations Lab, KNUST
DURATION
It’s going to be a 2-day Hackathon
REGISTRATIONS
Participants would have to register online using the following link.
https://forms.gle/53zTYKnMquWCwgds7

CPD -Supply Chain Digitalisation
2022-08-30 - 2022-08-31
Learn to help fulfill customer needs and improve decision-making using existing and emerging digital technologies in our continuing professional development course, “Supply Chain Digitalisation,” Aug. 30-31.
Attend in-person in Adjirinagor, Accra, Ghana, or from anywhere via Zoom. Our innovative, practical and evidence-based CPD programs are for senior professionals who want to acquire new skills, network and improve their organization’s supply chain management.
Your investment in this two-day workshop is GH¢600.00 for in-person participation and GH¢300.00 for online Zoom.
This investment will cover your fees, training materials, a buffet lunch and two snack breaks each day, and a certificate of participation.

Register before August 23, https://wp.dev.ksbadesua.net/product/supply-chain-digitalization/
