ABOUT THE SUMMIT
On June 20-22, 2023, CARISCA hosted the third annual Supply Chain Research Summit in Ghana. The summit attracted over 600 participants from 59 countries and featured more than 90 presenters.
All roads to Nairobi, Kenya in 2024
In 2024, we are moving the summit to Kenya's capital, Nairobi, to accommodate even more supply chain scholars, students and professionals. As in 2023, the 2024 Summit will be a hybrid event, held in person at the Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya, and virtually via Zoom.
2023 Keynote Speakers
Click on a Speaker name to read about the speaker.
Daniel McKorley
Topic: “Challenges and Key Success Factors in Ghana's Logistics Sector”
Founder and Executive chairman of the McDan Group of Companies, a Ghanaian conglomerate
Hau Lee
Topic: “Frontier Research in Frontier Land”
Gayani De Alwis
Topic: “Role of women in the future world of work”
Global Chairperson of Women in Logistics & Transport (WiLAT)
Lebogang Letsoalo
Topic: “Leveraging Africa’s Competitiveness Through Efficient Supply Chains”
ABOUT CARISCA
The Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain – Africa (CARISCA) is a partnership between Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Arizona State University (ASU) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
CARISCA’s key objective is to support higher education institutions in building the capacity necessary to provide best-in-class research, degree programs and training; facilitate research translation and utilization; and engage stakeholders in best practices and policy changes that strengthen supply chains.
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Event FAQS
This year’s summit took an in-depth look at “Africa’s Supply Chains and the Future of Work.”
In addition to a track on this theme, the summit featured the following tracks:
- Track One: General Supply Chains
- Track Two: Sectoral Supply Chains
- Track Three: Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains
- Track Four: Practitioner and Policy Discourse on African Supply Chains
Registration fees were covered, courtesy of CARISCA. In-person attendees only needed to fund their own transportation and lodging.
We invited researchers, policymakers and practitioners from all over the world who wished to learn about and contribute to discourse on Africa and the global supply chain to participate in the summit.
Absolutely! Contact us at summit2023@carisca.knust.edu.gh
This year’s summit took an in-depth look at “Africa’s Supply Chains and the Future of Work.”
In addition to a track on this theme, the summit featured the following tracks:
- Track One: General Supply Chains
- Track Two: Sectoral Supply Chains
- Track Three: Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains
- Track Four: Practitioner and Policy Discourse on African Supply Chains
Registration fees were covered, courtesy of CARISCA. In-person attendees only needed to fund their own transportation and lodging.
We invited researchers, students, practitioners and policymakers worldwide who wished to learn about and contribute to discourse on supply chain management in Africa to partake in the Summit.