Olivia Adu-Poku (second from right) with (from left to right) her mother, cousin and sister. (Photo courtesy of Olivia Adu-Poku)

Scholarships fuel dreams

CARISCA’s scholarship program provides opportunities for KNUST graduate students in supply chain management. CARISCA scholarship recipient Olivia Adu-Poku is pursuing her master’s degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at KNUST. Growing up as the first child in a tight-knit family of four, setting the right example for her sister was very important to Olivia …

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CARISCA: Meeting the needs of supply chain professionals

CARISCA is creating professional development programs in supply chain management as part of its education and training portfolio.  In September-October 2021, CARISCA is hosting the workshop “Managing Supply Chain Risk and Resilience in a Developing Economy” in Kumasi and Takoradi, Ghana. Participants can upgrade their professional skills in risk management and expand their expertise in …

Some of the CARISCA team members, summit panelists and session hosts assemble outside the IDL Conference Center at KNUST. (Photo by Emmanuel Offei/KNUST)

Reaching a global audience, CARISCA hosts first Supply Chain Research Summit

The Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain–Africa hosted its first Supply Chain Research Summit July 21-22, 2021. The two-day event featured four keynote presentations, six sessions, two panel discussions, and a PhD dissertation proposal award session. Envisioned as an annual event, the Supply Chain Research Summit attracted 300 supply chain researchers, practitioners …

Evans Amoah

Funding Curiosity

Evans Amoah is one of the recipients of CARISCA’s PhD scholarships, and over the next several years he will have the opportunity to study what he has always been curious and passionate about, information communication technology (ICT), and how it impacts the lives of people and society.