Africa's rapidly evolving production systems, logistics networks, and service delivery models offer an extraordinary opportunity for OSCM scholars seeking to understand how products and services are created, moved, and delivered in diverse and complex environments. The Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) brings together researchers and practitioners committed to advancing rigorous, context‑grounded, and globally relevant management scholarship across the continent.
AFAM's mission aligns naturally with OSCM's focus on the design, management, and improvement of processes that deliver value - whether through manufacturing, services, or hybrid systems. Africa's institutional diversity, infrastructural challenges, and innovation under constraints provide fertile ground for conceptual, empirical, and methodological contributions.
Why OSCM scholars will find African contexts - and AFAM's community - uniquely valuable
- End‑to‑end supply chain diversity, from raw material extraction to last‑mile delivery in both formal and informal markets.
- Service operations innovation, including health care delivery, public services, and digital platforms transforming access and efficiency.
- Unique logistics challenges and solutions, from cross‑border trade corridors to urban mobility and rural distribution networks.
- Opportunities for cross‑functional research, fully aligned with OSCM's encouragement of linkages with strategy, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and technology.
- Empirical settings for studying resilience, agility, and risk management in environments shaped by volatility, institutional complexity, and rapid growth.
- A global scholarly community that connects Africa‑based researchers with international OSCM experts for collaboration, co‑authorship, and methodological innovation.
AFAM complements OSCM's mission by offering a platform where scholars can explore how operations and supply chains function across diverse contexts - generating insights that enrich global theory and practice.
If your work examines how products and services are designed, produced, and delivered across complex systems, AFAM offers a powerful space for collaboration and scholarly impact.
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Guy NJAMBONG
Communications Director
Africa Academy of Management | AFAM
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