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 …