Conference Schedule

  • 08:00 - 09:00am

    Registration

  • 09:00 - 10:30am

    Roundtable Discussions

    Prof. Glenn Richey/ Table 1 Facilitator

    Pressured Supply Chains: The role of Supply Chain Technology Utilisation by Abdul Samed Muntaka, Seth Boahen


    Prof. Dale Rogers/ Table 2 Facilitator

    Supply chain finance and performance; a bibliometric and content analysis by Isaac Apike


    Prof. Adegoke Oke/ Table 3 Facilitator

    Supplier relationship management and innovation performance: a moderated-mediation analysis of absorptive capacity and supply chain agility by Ishmael Acquah


    Prof. Mohan Gopalakrishnan/ Table 4 Facilitator

    Indigenous Knowledge Management and Food Security Among Peasant Yam Farmers in Ghana by Ebenezer Osei Jones; Toby Leon Moorsom, Stephen Whitfield and Charles Nyaaba


    Prof. Constantin Blome/ Table 5 Facilitator

    How regulatory framework and interfirm governance mechanisms enhance firm performance: Structure-conduct-performance perspect by Emmanuel Anin


    Prof. Nat Boso / Table 6 Facilitator

    Impact of Supply Chain Management Practices on Supply Chain Performance: The Mediating Effect of Logistics Management Information Systems. A Case of Ghana's Health Sector by Okyere Anim Barima


  • 10:45 - 12:30pm

    Roundtable Discussions

    Prof. Glenn Richey/ Table 1 Facilitator

    Big Data Capabilities towards Resilience: The roles of Supply Chain Visibility and Risk Management Strategy Compliance by Enoch Bulley


    Prof. Dale Rogers/ Table 2 Facilitator

    Supply chain finance and financial performance; the roles of operational resilience, operational disruption, and supply chain disruption orientation by Isaac Akurugu Apike, Kwame Mireku, Muntaka Abdul Samed, Joseph Oscar Akotey , Samuel Asante Gyamerah, and Joseph Akadeagre Agana


    Prof. Adegoke Oke/ Table 3 Facilitator

    How does digital transformation of supply chains enhance supply chain performance? the role of supply chain knowledge management capabilities by Benjamin Agyei-Owusu


    Prof. Mohan Gopalakrishnan/ Table 4 Facilitator

    Cold Chain Logistics Performance, Capabilities and Food Losses; The Perspectives of the Developing Economies by David Antwi


    Prof. Constantin Blome/ Table 5 Facilitator

    Antecedent and Influence of Health Logistics Flow on Health Logistics Service Performance and Customer Satsifaction by Mawuli Amedofu


    Prof. Nat Boso / Table 6 Facilitator

    A systematic review of the impact of Supplier Relationship Management on supply prepositioning in humanitarian supply chain management with a focus on methodologies adopted by Priscilla Addo Asamany


  • 12:30 - 1:30pm

    Networking Lunch

  • 08:00 - 9:00am

    Registration and Coffee

  • 09:00 - 10:00am

    Introduction and Keynote

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    Introduction

    Nathaniel Boso, KNUST

    Keynote

    Daniel McKorley/ CEO at McDan Shipping

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

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  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

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  • 12:45 - 01:45pm

    Lunch

    Speaker

    Tom Maher, Senior VP Global Service Parts, Dell

  • 01:45 - 02:45pm

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  • 03:00 - 04:00pm

    Parallel Sessions

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  • 04:15 - 05:15pm

    Panel Session

    Topic: Publishing in Top Journals in Operations and Supply Chain Management

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    Adegoke Oke / Session Chair

  • 05:30 - 06:30pm

    PhD Dissertation Award Presentations

  • 09:00 - 10:00am

    Introduction and Keynote

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    Welcome

    Prof. Charles Marfo Provost of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, KNUST


    Introduction to Summit

    Prof. Nathaniel Boso/ Dean, School of Business, KNUST

    Keynote

    Daniel McKorley/ Founder and Executive Chairman, McDan Group of Companies

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

    Sectoral Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Antecedents of Sustainable Maize Supply Chain Financing for Achieving Food Security in Resource Constrained Developing Economies. A Complex Adaptive Systems Theory Perspective.

    Abdul Samed Muntaka, Dorcas Nuertey, Isaac Apike, David Antwi (All from KNUST)

    Paper 2: Seafarers Fatigue at Sea: Impact on Productivity in Maritime Transport. A study of Apapa Port, Lagos

    Abdulsobur Hassan (Lagos State University), Ibrahim Forson Abdulazeez (Lagos State University)

    Paper 3: Examining the Impact of Naira Redesign Policy on Retail Supply Chain in Nigeria: Case Study of Selected Retail Markets in Lagos

    Adetoyese Oguntimehin, Abdul-Azeez Ibraheem Forson, Alawa Segun John, Asenime Charles (All from Lagos State University)

    Abdul Samed Muntaka/ Session Chair

  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Sectoral Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Pooled demand management in Ethiopian Public Hospital Supply Chains: Practices and Issues

    Biniam Tufa (Ministry of Health, Ethiopia)

    Paper 2: An Action Research Approach to exploring the impact of Electronic Logistics Management Information System (eLMIS) on the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain of Rwanda

    Darius Uzabakiriho (Ministry of Health, Rwanda)

    Paper 3: Procurement Institutions and Essential Drug Supply in Low and Middle-Income Countries

    Lucy Xiaolu Wang (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Nahim Bin Zahur (Queen's University), Canada

    Abdul Samed Muntaka / Session Chair

  • 01:45 - 02:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Sectoral Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Managing the Supply Chain Disruption of Essential Commodities Supply in Health care systems during Emergency. A Study of Lagos State, Nigeria

    Kenneth Ibiama (Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Nigeria), Victoria Adonye Ibiama (Gold Stable Limited), Nwankwoala Smart Chimaeze (Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Nigeria)

    Paper 2: Role of Supply Chain Capabilities in Food Loss Reduction Along Cereal Supply Chains in Ghana

    Leticia Antwi, Robert Aidoo, Fred Nimoh, Camillus Wongnaa Abawiera, Isaac Apike, Priscilla Agyemang (All from KNUST) Richard Bannor (University of Energy and Natural Resources)

    Paper 3: (When) Does Firm Resilience Benefit the Well-Being of Vulnerable Supply Chain Actors? Evidence from Women Entrepreneurs

    Dominic Essuman, Nathaniel Boso, Henry Ataburo, Priscilla Addo Asamany, Felicity Asiedu-Appiah (All from KNUST)

    Leticia Antwi/ Session Chair

  • 03:00 - 04:00pm

    Parallel Sessions

    General Supply Chains


    Paper 1: In Search of Operational Resilience: How and When Improvisation Matters

    Dominic Essuman, Henry Ataburo, Listowel Owusu Appiah, Nathaniel Boso (All from KNUST), Emmanuel Kwabena Anin (Kumasi Technical University)

    Paper 2: Big Data Capability and Supply Chain Resilience: The mediating effects of Supply Chain Visibility and Risk Management Strategy

    Enoch Bulley, Francis Andoh - Baidoo, David Asamoah, Kwame Owusu Kwateng, John Serbe Marfo (All from KNUST)

    Paper 3: The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on the Operational Performance of the Electricity Company of Ghana

    Esther Ntumy Lartey (Wisconsin International University College), Charles Edem Gidi, Godwin Ettornam

    Dominic Essuman / Session Chair

  • 04:15 - 05:15pm

    Panel Session

    Topic: Publishing in Top Journals in Operations and Supply Chain Management


    Professor Wendy Tate, Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Supply Chain Management. University of Tennessee, USA


    Professor Constantin Blome, Co-Editor in Chief, International Journal of Operations and Production Management. Lancaster University Leipzig


    Glenn Ritchie,Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Business Logistics

    Professor Adegoke Oke/ Moderator

  • 17:30 - 18:30

    PhD Dissertation Award Presentations


    Assessing Cold Chain Logistics Performance, Capabilities and Food Losses

    David Antwi

    Supply Chain Leadership and Sustainability

    Ishmael Acquah

    Supply Chain Finance Adoption: Towards a Readiness Assessment Framework

    Yasmine Elhenawy

    Dr. Samuel Fosso-Wamba / Session Chair

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

    General Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Supply Chain Finance Mechanisms and Supply Chain Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi, Kenya

    Clinton Wanjohi, Jonathan Annan, Diana Ominde (all from Strathmore Business School)

    Paper 2: Service Quality as a Determinant for Passengers’ Satisfaction in Lagos State Focusing on Cowry Card

    Ayobami Elegunde, Okunbanjo Olajide (All from Lagos State University)

    Paper 3: Building Robust Supply Chains through Digitalization. The Role of IT-Enabled Dynamic Capabilities

    Caleb Kumi (KNUST), Francis Andoh-Baidoo (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), David Asamoah, Emmanuel Quansah, John Serbe Marfo (KNUST)

    Caleb Kumi / Session Chair

  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    General Supply Chains


    "Election Logistics in Nigeria and its Impact on Voter's Turnout "

    Abdulsobur Hassan, Abdulazeez Ibraheem Forson, Dada Oreoluwa Victoria (all from Lagos State University)

    Paper 2: Strategies For Supply Chain Robustness: Lessons Learned From The Covid-19 Pandemic

    Danie Nel (University of Pretoria)

    Paper 3: Trade Logistics Performance of Landlocked Countries: Ethiopia in Focus

    Daniel Gelagay (Arsi University), Belay Lemesa (Arsi University)

    Listowel Appiah / Session Chair

  • 01:45 - 02:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    General Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices and Sustainable Performance in the Ghana Manufacturing Industry: The Role of Dynamic Capabilities

    Evelyn Asuah (University of Professional Studies), Daniel Agyapong (University of Cape Coast)

    Paper 2: Developing Operational Resilience to Navigate Transportation Disruptions: The Role and Boundaries of Efficiency Priority

    Henry Ataburo (KNUST), Getrude Effah Ampong (KNUST), Dominic Essuman (University of Sheffield, Sheffield)

    Paper 3: Supply Chain Finance and Performance; The Mediating Role of Operational Resilience

    Isaac Apike (KNUST), Kwame Mireku, Abdul Samed Muntaka, Joseph Oscar Arkotey, Samuel Asante Gyamera, Leticia Adwoa Anima Antwi, Priscilla Agyemang

    Henry Ataburo/ Session Chair

  • 03:00 - 04:00pm

    Parallel Sessions

    The Logistics Managers Index Session


    The Logistics Managers Index

    Dale Rogers (Arizona State University), Emmanuel Quansah (KNUST), Nat Boso (KNUST), Zac Rogers (Colorado State University), Ron Lembke (University of Nevada, Reno)

    Ghana LMI Q2 2023 Sneak Peak

    Emmanuel Quansah, Nat Boso, Abdul Muntaka (KNUST)

    Abdul Muntaka / Session Chair

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

    Africa's Supply Chains and the Future of Work


    Paper 1: Do Cognitive Tests Predict the Ability to Self-Learn?

    Abhilash Mishra (Equitech Futures, University of Chicago), Andrew Kimani, Clinton Manoti, Essosolim Apollinaire (All from Equitech Futures)

    Paper 2: Defining Skills Needs for Supply Chain Employability

    Adebayo Adekola (UNICEF), Clinton de Souza, Eugene Coeztee, Shelby Kemper, Arnold Handal, Addis Demissie

    Paper 3: Effect of Freight Intensity on Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Operational Capability

    Bonaventure Dery, Abdul S. Muntaka,, Matilda Owusu-Bio (All from KNUST)

    John Serbe Marfo / Session Chair

  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Africa's Supply Chains and the Future of Work


    Paper 1: Exploring Driver-Manager Relationships: A Generic Qualitative Study of South African Truck Drivers

    Kelvinne Mocke, Mildred Masego (All from University of Pretoria)

    Paper 2: Food Supply Chains, Street Food and Employment in Mombasa County, Kenya

    Mary Kibune (St. Paul's University)

    Paper 3: The Bright and Dark side of International Academic Partnerships in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Mohammad Moshtari (Tampere University)

    Kelvinne Mocke / Session Chair

  • 01:45 - 02:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Improving Medical Oxygen Supply of the Ghana Health Service during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Ebo Hammond, Kafui Gebe, Robert Suapim (All from Ghana Health Service)

    Paper 2: A Resource Orchestration Perspective of the Link Between Environmental Orientation and Green Purchasing: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Economy

    Emmanuel Anin (Kumasi Technical University), Henry Ataburo (KNUST), Getrude Effah Ampong (KNUST), Nana Dwomoh Osei Bempah (Conventry University)

    Paper 3: Impact of Supply Chain Management Practices on Operational Performance of Obuasi Goldfields During the COVID-19 Era

    Esther Lartey (Wisconsin International University College), Charles Edem Gidi, Mavis Offei

    Emmanuel Anin/ Session Chair

  • 03:00 - 04:00pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains


    Paper 1: An Exploration of Social Sustainability Interventions and Paradoxical Tensions in Sustainable Warehousing: An Emerging Market Perspective

    Assilah Agigi (University of Pretoria), Hanista Kitching, Luke Kruger, Anzelle Meyer

    Paper 2: How Does Digital Transformation of Supply Chains Enhance Supply Chain Performance? The Role of Supply Chain Knowledge Management Capabilities



    Benjamin Agyei-Owusu, David Asamoah, Dr. Emmanuel Quansah (All from KNUST), Francis Andoh-Baidoo (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley),

    Paper 3: The Internal and External Predictive Factors of Humanitarian Logistics Performance: The Case of Ethiopian Public Health Emergency Management



    Biniam Tufa (Ministry of Health)

    Assilah Agigi / Session Chair

  • 08:00 - 9:00am

    Registration and Coffee

  • 09:00 - 10:00am

    Welcome and Keynotes

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    Keynotes

    Gayani de Alwis/ Global Chairperson, Women in Logistics & Transport

    Dr. Hau Lee/ Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at the Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

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  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

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  • 12:45 - 01:45pm

    Lunch

    Speaker: Patrick Afari, General Manager, Supply Chain and General Services, MTN Ghana

  • 01:45 - 02:45pm

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  • 03:00 - 04:00pm

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  • 04:15 - 05:15pm

    Panel Sessions

    Panel 1: Local Manufacturing of Medicines in Africa for Achieving Universal Health Coverage; Leveraging Research to Leapfrog Progress in Nigeria


    Panel 2: The Impact of the Ghana Integrated Logistics Management Information System (GhiLMIS) on Healthcare Delivery

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    Moderators:
    Azuka Okeke, Chief Executive Officer at Africa Resource Center for Excellence in Supply Chain Management

    John Serbe Marfo , Lecturer, Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems at the KNUST School of Business

  • 6:45pm

    Conference Dinner

  • 09:00 - 10:00am

    Welcome and Keynotes

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    Keynotes

    Gayani de Alwis/ Global Chairperson, Women in Logistics & Transport

    Dr. Hau Lee/ Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at the Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

    Practitioner and Policy Discourse on African Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Just In Time Logistics Management of International Road Cargo Delivery: Lagos – Ghana Road experience

    Abiola Fagbenro, Ibraheem Forson Abdul-Azeez, Ugochukwu Thadus Nwakowu, Oshikomaiya Christy Kemi, Olaikitan Oreoluwa, Akinmolayan Grace Funke (All from Lagos State University)

    Paper 2: African Continental Free Trade Area – The role of Logistics in Leveraging the Potential of Regional Value Chains

    Benjamin Nitsche (Berlin University of Technology), Henry Kofi Mensah (KNUST)

    Paper 3: The African Research Cluster on Logistics and Supply Chain (ARCLoS) – Opportunities for Cross-Country Research Exchange and Cooperation

    Benjamin Nitsche (Berlin University of Technology)

    Benjamin Nitsche/ Session Chair

  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Practitioner and Policy Discourse on African Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Supply Chain AI Realized Future (SCARF): Patient-Centric Healthcare

    Dale Rogers (Arizona State University), Emmanuel Quansah (KNUST), Nat Boso (KNUST), Abdul Samed Muntaka (KNUST), Mani Janikiram (Intel), Emmanuel Mfum-Mensah (KNUST), Pasty Asamoah (KNUST), Daniel Zopke (KNUST), Sadicka Gyanwah Sessah (KNUST), Giuliana Walker (Chemonics International), Jamey, Butcher (Chemonics International)

    Paper 2: Cold Chain Logistics Performance, Capabilities and Food Losses

    David Antwi (KNUST), Robert Aidoo, John Frimpong Manso, James Osei Mensah and Seth Nkrumah

    Paper 3: Online National Warehouse Stock Status Dashboard Utilization to Optimize Health Supply Chain Service Delivery in Uganda

    Shamin Nakadi (USAID), Miti Joel, Linacy Nampa, Denis Okidi, Henry Komakech, Sandra Magona, Henry Oundo, Kisembo Julius, Daniel Mawerere, Martin Oteba, Martha Ajulong, Morries Seru, Eric Lugada

    Abdul Samed Muntaka / Session Chair

  • 01:45 - 02:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Gender Panel


    Empowering Women for Inclusive Growth and Sustainability

    Panelists: Izin Akioya, CEO, Voice Inc and Co-founder at Supply Chain Africa Pamela Awuor Steele, Director for Pamela Steele Associates (PSA), Gayani de Alwis, Global Chairperson, Women in Logistics & Transport Azuka Okeke, CEO, Africa Resource Center for Excellence in Supply Chain Management Hajia Maria Adamu-Zibo, Managing Director, Federated Commodities, Ghana.

    Matilda Kokui Owusu-Bio/ Moderator

  • 03:00 - 04:00pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Practitioner and Policy Discourse on African Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Assessment of the Availability and Management of Commodities for Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy (HDP) in Ghana’s public sector

    Deogratius Kimera (Chemonics GHSC-PSM Ghana), Damaris Forson (GHSC-PSM, Ghana), Emmanuel Menyah (GHSC-PSM, Ghana), Abdul-Fatahi Adam (GHSC-PSM, Ghana), Frank Opare (GHSC-PSM, Ghana), Mary Ann Tanlongo (GHSC-PSM, Ghana), Rebecca Bronheim (GHSC-PSM, Headquarters, U.S.A), Siobhan Vega (GHSC-PSM, Headquarters, U.S.A), Tamah Kamlem (GHSC-PSM, Headquarters, U.S.A), Brittany Stollar (GHSC-PSM, Headquarters, U.S.A), Charlotte Stein (GHSC-PSM, Headquarters, U.S.A.), Kofi Issah (Ghana Health Service), Claudette Diogo (Ghana Health Service)

    Paper 2: An Enabling Methodology for Achieving Logistics and Supply Chain Efficiency in Africa

    Ekomenzoge Metuge (Projex British Investment Group)

    Paper 3: Supply Chain Assessment of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Commodities in Ghana’s Private Sector: Findings from a Mixed-Method Assessment

    Emmanuel Menyah (GHSC-PSM), Daniel Owusu-Afranie (GHSC-PSM, Ghana), Damaris Forson (GHSC-PSM, Ghana), Deogratius Kimera (GHSC-PSM, Ghana), Abdul-Fatahi Adam (GHSC-PSM, Ghana), Siobhan Vega (GHSC-PSM, Headquarters, U.S.A.), Michael Cohen (GHSC-PSM Headquarters, U.S.A.), Claudette Diogo (Ghana Health Service)

    Deogratius Kimera / Session Chair

  • 04:15 - 05:15pm

    Panel Session

    Topic: Local Manufacturing of Medicines in Africa for Achieving Universal Health Coverage; Leveraging Research to Leapfrog Progress in Nigeria


    Mr Frank Muonemeh, Executive Secretary/CEO Pharmaceutical Group of Manufacturers (PMGMAN), Nigeria


    Pharm Abdul-Aziz Mohammed, Executive Secretary/CEO of Yobe State Drugs and Medical Consumables Management Agency (YODMA), Nigeria


    Mr Raphael Ajayi, Head Supply Chain, Fidson Healthcare PLC


    Dr Ibraheem Forson Abdul Azeez, School of Transport and Logistics, Lagos State University, Nigeria


    Azuka Okeke, CEO of Africa Resource Center for Excellence in Supply Chain Management (ARC_ESM)/ Moderator

  • 6:45pm

    Conference Dinner


    Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Minister of Health for Ghana / Speaker

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

    General Supply Chains

    Paper 1: Organizational Culture Fit and Supply Chain Integration: Does Trust and Commitment Matter in The Grocery Industry?

    Isaac Effah, Yahaya Yusif (All from University of Central Lancashire)

    Paper 2: Supplier Relationship Management and Innovation Performance: A Moderated Mediation Analysis of Absorptive Capacity and Supply Chain Agility

    Ishmael Acquah, Caleb Amankwaa Kumi, Joseph Akyeh, Priscilla Agyemang (All from KNUST)

    Paper 3: Linking Healthcare Provider Responses to Patient Satisfaction: An Integration of Dynamic Capability, and Systems Complexity Perspectives

    Jacob Kuutuome (KNUST)

    Jacob Kuutuome/ Session Chair

  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    General Supply Chains


    Paper 1: The Roles Of Buffering and Bridging Strategies in Building Resilient Supply Chains: Disaggregated and Contingency Perspectives

    James Aditchere (KNUST), Nathaniel Boso (KNUST), Dominic Essuman (University of Sheffield), Henry Ataburo (KNUST)

    Paper 2: Examining Capacity Constraints and Interventions to Reduce Post-Harvest Losses in Cassava Supply Chain

    John Frimpong, Jacob Kuutuome, Issah Ofori (All from KNUST)

    Paper 3:Assessing Agricultural Insurance Demand-Side and Supply-Side Barriers Affecting Food Sustainability in Nigeria

    Kehinde Abiodun, Sunday Stephen Ajemunigbohun (both from Lagos State University)

    Paper 4: Effect of Inventory Management Techniques on Supply Chain Performance: A Case of Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA)

    Lenah Ngugi (Kenya Medical Supplies Authority)

    John Frimpong / Session Chair

  • 01:45 - 02:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    General Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Cold Chain Logistics Management For Local Fish Production in Lagos: Epe Fish Market

    Olaitan Oladipo, Asenime Charles, Fagbenro Abiola (All from Lagos State University)

    Paper 2: Relationships between Central Procurement Management Practices and Supply Chain Performance of Public Sector; An Empirical Study

    Olawale Hammed, Oloyede Raheeml, Oyelami Shadiat Oyeshola (All from Lagos State University)

    Paper 3: Contract as a Strategic Option for Reducing Supplier Opportunism in Public Sector Procurement: Analysis of Contingency Factors

    Richard Glavee-Geo (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Rebecca Glavee-Geo, Renger Kanani (University of Dar es salaam), Umar Burki (South-Eastern Norway), Arnt Buvik (Molde University)

    John Manso Frimpong / Session Chair

  • 03:00 - 04:00pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains


    Paper 1: IDigital Transformation of Supply Chain Networks Into Ecosystems: An Integrative Capabilities Perspective

    Evans Amoah, David Asamoah, Kwame Owusu Kwateng, John Serbe Marfo (All from KNUST), Prof. Francis Andoh-Baidoo (Texas State University Rio Grande)

    Paper 2: The Mediating Effect of Operational Resilience in the Relationship Between Digitalisation and Sustainable Performance of FMCG Firms in Nairobi County

    Georginah Wambua (Strathmore University), Jonathan Annan (Strathmore University)

    Paper 3: Global Value Chains, Job Creation, and Job Destruction among Manufacturing Firms in South Africa

    Gideon Ndubuisi (Delft University), Solomon Owusu (Oxford Martin School University of Oxford)

    Evans Amoah / Session Chair

  • 04:15 - 05:15pm

    Panel Session

    The Impact of the Ghana Integrated Logistics Management Information System (GhiLMIS) on Healthcare Delivery


    Mrs Araba Kudiabor, Director for the Supplies, Stores and Drug Management Division, GHS


    Bernard Asamany Deputy Director Logistics, SSDM, GHS


    Catherine Amah; Head of LMU/SSDM, GHS


    Adolf Antwi; Subject Matter Expert S4D


    Deogratius Kimera, Country Director at Chemonics International


    Bismark Tabi Amponsah, Ashanti RMS, GHS


    Nana Frema Boateng, Sunyani Municipal Hospital

    John Serbe Marfo / Moderator

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

    Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Evaluation of Digital Readiness of Manufacturing companies in Nigeria: An Exploratory Analysis

    Ike Ehie (Kansas State University) Ejem A. Ejem (Federal University of Technology)

    Paper 2: Leveraging Resilient and Sustainable Capabilities to Enhance Strategic Performance Under Varying Conditions of Competitive Priorities

    Henry Ataburo (KNUST), Dominic Essuman (The University of Sheffield); Nathaniel Boso (KNUST)

    Paper 3: Decoupling Strategy, SME Environmental Performance, and the Boundary Condition Roles of Environmental Pressures: Evidence from Ghana

    William Afloe (KNUST)

    Ike Ehie / Session Chair

  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains


    Paper 1: When Does it Pay to Invest in Green Process Innovations in Low-Resource Contexts?

    Listowel Appiah (KNUST), Cosmos Benjamin Osei (KNUST), Dominic Essuman (Sheffield University), Jonathan Annan (Strathmore University), Nathaniel Boso (KNUST)

    Paper 2: Developing Economy SMEs’ Deployment of Digital Transforming Resources: Does Top Executive Global Orientation Matter? Louisa Bosu (KNUST), Emmanuel Kwabena Anin (KNUST), Dominic Essuman (The University of Sheffield)

    Paper 3: Industrial Symbiosis As a Leverage Against Climate Coloniality for Smallholder Farmers?

    Maxime Bouillon (Windesheim University of Applied Sciences)

    Listowel Appiah / Session Chair

  • 01:45 - 02:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains


    Paper 1:A Qualitative Study of the Perception of Transport Users in the Development and Implementation of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS)

    Ogochukwu Ugboma (Lagos State University)

    Paper 2: A Digital Twin Approach to Supply Chains Optimization: A Quantum Zero Effect Perspective

    Pasty Asamoah, John Serbe Marfo, Abdul Samed Muntaka, Matilda Kokui Owusu-Bio, John Frimpong Manso (All from KNUST)

    Paper 3: Digital Transformation And Operational Performance: The Role of Innovative Capabilities

    Peter Darko (KNUST)

    Pasty Asamoah/ Session Chair

  • 03:00 - 04:00pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains


    Paper 1: A Dual Commodity Supply Chain Finance Among Cash Constrained-Farmers: The case of Cotton and Corn in Benin

    Rachad Bani Samari (The American University in Cairo), Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim (The American University in Cairo (AUC)

    Paper 2: Bulk Aid Shipment to Africa - A Legal Perspective

    Rachael Eben (University of Buea)

    Paper 3: The Influence of Sepcial Groups' Financial Support on the Supply of Goods to Governmental Organizations in Tabora Region, Tanzania

    Richard Nkunda (Tanzania Public Service College)

    Rachael Eben / Session Chair

  • 08:00 - 9:00am

    Registration and Coffee

  • 09:00 - 10:00am

    Welcome and Keynote

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    Keynote

    Lebogang Letsoalo/ Founder and CEO, Sincpoint

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

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  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

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  • 12:45pm - 1:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

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  • 1:45pm - 2:45pm

    Lunch & Close of Conference

    Jeanne de Crepy, / Project Manager, Supply Chain, United Nations World Food Programme

  • 09:00 - 10:00am

    Welcome and Keynote

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    Keynote

    Lebogang Letsoalo/ Founder and CEO, Sincpoint

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

    General Sessions - Literature Review


    Paper 1: Exploring the Evolution of Supply Chain Research in BRICS Economies: A Comparative Study Utilizing Cluster Analysis

    Maicom Brandao (Federal University of Sao Carlos), Moacir Godinho-Filho (EM Normandie Business School and Federal University of Sao Carlos)

    Paper 2: From Logistics to Resilience: Enhancing Supply Chains in Humanitarian and Disaster Response in the Lake Chad Region

    Obasesam Okoi (University of St Thomas)

    Paper 3: Supply Chain Integration (SCI) and Performance in the Manufacturing Sector in Emerging & Developing Economies (EDEs): A Systematic Review & Research Agenda

    Goitom Baisa, Ben Matellini, Ian Jenkinson, and Chia-Hsun Chang (All from Liverpool John Moores University)

    Priscilla Addo Asamany/ Session Chair

  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    General Sessions - Literature Review


    Paper 1: Learnings from COVID-19 Pandemic to Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic: Focus on Skills for Equitable Access to Products

    Adebayo Adekola (UNICEF)

    Paper 2: How Future Proof is the Definitions of Supply Chain Finance (SCF)?

    Jan Jansen (Hogeschool van Arnhem Nijmegen)

    Paper 3: Supply Chain Finance and Performance; a Bibliometric and Content Analysis

    Isaac Apike, Kwame Mireku, Joseph Akadeagre Agana, Abdul Samed Muntaka, Samuel Asante Gyamera, Joseph Oscar Akortey (All from KNUST)

    Paper 4: Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on the Food Supply Chain in Africa

    Joseph Tinarwo (Great Zimbabwe University), Suresh Chandra Babu

    Isaac Apike / Session Chair

  • 12:45 - 01:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Invited Session: Research Translation: Examples from the CARISCA Innovations Lab


    Team Arepo

    (Machele Alhassan Ahmed, Tawfiq Abubakar, Toufiq Musah- presenter and team lead)

    Team Well-fed

    (Yaa Dufie Yamoah-presenter and team lead, Theresah Serwaa Frimpong Prince Opoku Adusei)

    Team Signals

    Samuel Kum-presenter, Agyemang Duah Collins, Eugene Amoah-team lead

    Team Cleeve

    Obed Oppong Gyamfi, Boafo Emmanuel-team lead, Tetteh Christabel Naa Komley Benjamina Boampensem-presenter

    Team Gigglet

    Joshua Addai Amoah-team lead and presenter , Andrews Osei Agyemang, Maame Dentu

    John Serbe Marfo / Session Chair

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

    Sectoral Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Developing a Medicine Access Index (MAI) of Pharmaceutical Companies in Ghana - A pilot study

    Priscilla Mante, Nana Ofori Adomako (All from KNUST)

    Paper 2: Logistics Performance in Healthcare Facilities: The Role of Firm's Orientations

    Sheila Namagembe (Makerere University), Beatrice Nyakaishiki, Mbago Musa, Nazziwa Hajarah,Nabiira Nantongo

    Paper 3:Burnout of Traffic Managers and Its Effect on Road Safety: Evidence From Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Lagos State, Nigeria

    Olayinka Sholesi, Ibraheem Abdul-Azeez (All from Lagos State University)

    Priscilla Mante/ Session Chair

  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Practitioner and Policy Discourse on African Supply Chains


    Paper 1: The Role of Private Sector Health Tech Channels in Transforming Access in Africa’s Health Supply Chain

    Remi Adeseun, Oladunni Lawal, Yomi Kazeem (All from Salient Advisory)

    Paper 2: Online National Warehouse Stock Status Dashboard Utilization to Optimize Health Supply Chain Service Delivery in Uganda

    Shamim Nakade, Miti Joel, Linacy Nampa, Denis Okidi, Henry Komakech, Sandra Magona, Henry Oundo, Kisembo Julius, Daniel Mawerere, Martin Oteba, Martha Ajulong, Morries Seru, Eric Lugada (All from USAID/Uganda)

    Paper 3: Green Entrepreneurial Orientation, Institutional resources and Organizational Performance: A resource orchestration approach

    Okyere Anim Barima, (KNUST)

    Matilda Owusu-Bio / Session Chair

  • 12:45pm - 1:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Sectoral Supply Chains & Theme Track: Africa's Supply Chains and the Future of Work


    Simulation Modeling of Resilience in Healthcare Processes: Systematic Literature Review

    Yusta Simwita (University of Dar es Salaam)

    Quantum Leap: An Assessment of Future Employability Skills Needed by Supply Chain Departments of Manufacturing Firms

    Rasheed Azeez (Lagos State University), Mariam Enitan Lawrence (Lagos State University)

    E-Procurement Adoption in Lagos State Public Sector: Analysis of the Extent of Usage and Critical Success Factors

    Fatai Yakeen, Biliaminu Oluwole Olusesi (both from Lagos State University)

    How and when does environmental orientation influence performance? Examination of green supply chain management practices and institutional pressure.

    Ahmed Agyapong, Sam Yaw Akomea (both from KNUST)

    Richard Boso / Session Chair

  • 10:15 - 11:15am

    Parallel Sessions

    Practitioner and Policy Discourse on African Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Online National Warehouse Stock Status Dashboard Utilization to Optimize Health Supply Chain Service Delivery in Uganda

    Eric Lugada (USAID/Uganda)

    Paper 2: The Role of Supply Chain Capabilities on Vaccine Supply Chain Resilience; the Moderating Effects of Structural Complexity

    Gladness Salema, Yusta Simwita (All from University of Dar es Salaam)

    William Afloe/ Session Chair

  • 11:45 - 12:45pm

    Parallel Sessions

    Sectoral Supply Chains


    Paper 1: Assessing Agricultural Value Chain Risks for Sustainable Food Supply in Nigeria: Leveraging on Agricultural Insurance

    Sunday Ajemunigbohun, Ibraheem Forson Abdul-Azeez, Kehinde Emmanuel Abiodun (All from Lagos State University)

    Paper 2: Logistics Performance in Healthcare Facilities: The Role of Firm's Orientations

    Sheila Namagembe (Makerere University Business School), Beatrice Nyakaishiki, Mbago Musa, Nazziwa Hajarah,Nabiira Nantongo

    Paper 3: Social-Ecological Resources Configuration and Disaster Responsiveness: when does coopetition matter?

    Priscilla Addo Asamany, KNUST

    Priscilla Mante/ Session Chair