Historically, research by African scholars has been significantly underrepresented in international academic publications. Helping to change that situation has been among CARISCA’s top goals since its inception. In the three years before CARISCA’s creation in June 2020, KNUST supply chain faculty had published only 13 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Since that time, they have published …
Ghana remains stuck in “slow growth” mode, according to the latest Logistics Managers Index (LMI) report, covering the first quarter of 2024. The overall LMI value hit an all-time low of 62.4. Regardless, the score still reflects an expansion, as has been the case every quarter since the LMI’s inception in March 2022. Any score …
Increasing warehousing and transportation capacity combined with decreasing prices in both metrics are driving an economic slowdown in Ghana. The data are revealed in the Ghana Logistics Managers Index report for the second quarter 2023, which was released today. The LMI for the second quarter (64.2) decreased by nearly three points from the first quarter’s …
CARISCA achieved “a huge victory” this spring, in the words of executive director Dale Rogers, with a publication in one of the world’s leading supply chain journals. The Journal of Business Logistics published a paper by a CARISCA research team online May 1. It will be in the June print edition. The article, “In search …
The second quarter 2022 Logistics Managers Index for Ghana shows that growth in the logistics sector has slowed from the first quarter. This slower growth is due to economic pressures such as high inflation, the depreciation of the cedi against the dollar and the global supply chain disruptions impacting logistics in Ghana. The Logistics Managers …
Does a woman entrepreneur’s personal resilience or the resilience of her business have a greater impact on her well-being? And does it matter what size family she has? A CARISCA researcher finds out.
Supply chain managers need good data and information to ensure that vital goods are in stock. To support these decision-makers, CARISCA created the Logistics Managers Index (LMI) for Ghana. CARISCA released its first LMI report in June 2022. The calculated LMI for Ghana, along with the accompanying analysis of its components, provide useful insights for …
CARISCA is working to become the go-to research center for relevant and valuable data and insights that support business operations in Ghana and Africa, enabling businesses and stakeholders to make evidence-based decisions. The African Business Managers’ Index (ABMI) is a specialized aggregated index that will provide a dashboard of indicators measuring business performance and growth …
After conducting site visits in the Northern Region of Ghana to assess how to best serve women in low-income agricultural supply chains, CARISCA team members summarized their findings in a policy brief published in Ghana’s Business and Financial Times. This applied research is an instrumental part of CARISCA’s work to promote access and inclusion of …
KNUST supply chain researchers present findings and proposed policy recommendations on factors contributing to high poverty and lack of prosperity for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the North of Ghana.
