{"id":7,"date":"2020-08-20T20:53:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T20:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:26:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Supply Chains, Strong Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#0F3B8F; padding:20px; color:#fff; text-align: center;\">\n    <h2>CARISCA at KNUST<\/h2>\n     <p><a style=\"color:#ffc640;\" href=\"https:\/\/carisca.knust.edu.gh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Click here<\/b><\/a> to visit the\t\nCentre for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain &#8211; Africa at KNUST for the latest news and events.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<br><br><h2><strong>Strong Supply Chains, Strong Communities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/042122-Prince-Sammy-Essah-presenting-at-the-CPD-Photo-by-CA-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Facilitator Prince Sammy Essah answers questions during the Supply Chain Financing CPD\" data-id=\"2395\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/042122-Prince-Sammy-Essah-presenting-at-the-CPD-Photo-by-CA-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/2022\/06\/13\/invest-in-skills-to-advance-your-career-with-cariscas-professional-development-workshops\/042122-prince-sammy-essah-presenting-at-the-cpd-photo-by-ca-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-2395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/042122-Prince-Sammy-Essah-presenting-at-the-CPD-Photo-by-CA-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/042122-Prince-Sammy-Essah-presenting-at-the-CPD-Photo-by-CA-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/042122-Prince-Sammy-Essah-presenting-at-the-CPD-Photo-by-CA-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/042122-Prince-Sammy-Essah-presenting-at-the-CPD-Photo-by-CA-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/042122-Prince-Sammy-Essah-presenting-at-the-CPD-Photo-by-CA-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">CPD facilitator Prince Sammy Essah answers questions during the Supply Chain Financing CPD, April 2022. Photo by Christa Agyemang\/CARISCA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Faculty-Workshop-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"Top row: Priscilla Addo Asamany, PhD student, Christa Agyemang, CARISCA staff; Bottom Row: Owusu Boahen and Ishmael Acquah, PhD students, and Elsie Konadu Addae, CARISCA staff; Photo by Emmanuel Offei\/URO, KNUST\" data-id=\"2282\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Faculty-Workshop.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/faculty-workshop-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-2282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Faculty-Workshop-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Faculty-Workshop-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Faculty-Workshop-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Faculty-Workshop.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-07-22-Summit-Group-photograph-CA.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the CARISCA team members, summit panelists and session hosts assemble outside the IDL Conference Center at KNUST. (Photo by Emmanuel Offei\/KNUST)\" data-id=\"1517\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-07-22-Summit-Group-photograph-CA.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/2021-07-22-summit-group-photograph-ca\/\" class=\"wp-image-1517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-07-22-Summit-Group-photograph-CA.jpg 800w, https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-07-22-Summit-Group-photograph-CA-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-07-22-Summit-Group-photograph-CA-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">CARISCA team members, 2021 summit panelists and session hosts at KNUST. (Photo by Emmanuel Offei\/KNUST)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2>Creating a pan-African center for supply chain research in Ghana<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arizona State University (ASU) and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are building the Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain\u2013Africa (CARISCA). This five-year, $15M project is supported through the <\/span>United States Agency for International Development\u2019s (USAID) Bureau for Inclusive Growth, Partnerships and Innovations\/Innovation, Technology Research Hub as part of the Building Research and Innovation for Development: Generating Evidence and Training program (BRIDGE-Train). <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The funded project runs from June 2020 to June 2025.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/implementation-partners\/\">project&#8217;s implementation partners<\/a>.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CARISCA\u2019s key objective<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is to support higher education institutions in building the capacity necessary to provide best-in-class degree programs and training, facilitate research translation and utilization, and engage stakeholders in best practices and policy changes that strengthen supply chains. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>CARISCA&#8217;s Goals:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establish KNUST as Africa\u2019s preeminent source of supply chain management expertise;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serve as a resource for researchers in Ghana and across Africa to drive innovation, research, knowledge translation through the application of research findings, and training to improve African supply chains, sustained by revenue-generating activities and a robust partner network;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create the supply chain management professionals and research that significantly improves the efficiency and effectiveness of health and agricultural supply chains.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#ebeff2\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container gb-layout-landing-1 gb-block-container alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-content\" style=\"max-width:1600px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-service-2 gb-layout-columns-1 one-column gb-columns-center\" style=\"padding-right:5%;padding-left:5%\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5%\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container gb-block-container\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-content\" style=\"max-width:700px\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>CARISCA\u2019s Focus Areas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">CARISCA works in three focus areas: <a href=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/cariscas-focus-areas\/research\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"174\">research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/cariscas-focus-areas\/stakeholder-engagement\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"176\">stakeholder engagement<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.wpcarey.asu.edu\/carisca\/cariscas-focus-areas\/curriculum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"178\">curriculum<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Together, these activities enable KNUST to increase research capacity, strengthen and update supply chain curricula, and provide supply chain management expertise to Ghana and Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">These activities also focus on developing partnerships and revenue-generating activities to sustain ongoing growth and influence. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure 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or the U.S. Government.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARISCA at KNUST Click here to visit the Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain &#8211; Africa at KNUST for the latest news and events. 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