Africa’s Supply Chains and the Future of Work

CARISCA’s third annual Supply Chain Research Summit, Africa’s Supply Chains and the Future of Work, was held June 20-22, 2023. The summit was held in a hybrid format, with presentations in person in Accra, Ghana, at the Fiesta Royale Hotel and virtually via Zoom.

Tracks and topics included:

Theme Track: Africa’s Supply Chains and the Future of Work

• Employability skills for Africa’s future supply chains
• Workplace designs for Africa’s supply chains

Track One: General Supply Chains

• Logistics and transportation management
• Procurement, sourcing and supply chain management
• Manufacturing and production management

Track Two: Sectoral Supply Chains

• Health/pharmaceutical supply chain
• Humanitarian operations and disaster management
• Agriculture and commodities supply chain

Track Three: Emerging Issues in Global Supply Chains

• Globalization and supply chains 
• Sustainability issues in supply chains
• Emerging technologies in supply chains including blockchain technology, big data analytics, predictive analytics and artificial intelligence
• Global supply chains and grand challenges

Track Four: Practitioner and Policy Discourse on African Supply Chains

• Supply chain financing
• Health supply chain policy
• Supply chain technology trends in Africa

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