CENTRE FOR AFRICAN RESEARCH ON ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

CAREED's projects are targeted at ensuring poverty is eradicated in the communities where we operate, example are our projects in Rwanda and Kenya and Uganda.

CAREED's Agro-ponic and Agri-tech projects are focused on bringing end to hunger, and to achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. We achieve this with our partnerships with Coffee Conscience Ltd. and Just Trading Scotland. Both of these organisations based in the Scotland but trading with Africa.

CAREED promotes well-being to ensure that people stay healthy so they can work and support themselves and their families. This is being achieved by partnering with NjordFrey in Rwanda.

CAREED is focused on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality research with outputs that promote lifelong impacts on African economy, Policy making, and the society.

CAREED's projects strive make our programmes gender-equitable from the planning stage through to implementation. Our programmes strive to empower women, girls and youths.

CAREED is committed to promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work associated with our projects in those countries we have presence in Africa.

SDG 9 is concerned with building resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation. CAREED is meeting this goal through our Innovate UK funded innovations in Agri-tech/agro-ponic projects in Rwanda, Kenya, with similar project in Nigeria.

SDG 16 is concerned with promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. CAREED addresses this goal at our conferences, particularly through the corporate governance , ethics, microfinance and social enterprise sessions.

CAREED aims to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for African sustainable development. 

27-28 June, 2024

Conference theme: Fostering economic transformation in African Ecosystems: Impact of trade, infrastructure, and innovation

29-30 June, 2023

18-19 November, 2021

Conference Theme: Enterprise Innovation and Structural Transformation of Africa in a Post-Covid ERA

Virtual Conference – Wednesday 9th December 2020

Theme: Enterprise and Economic Development in Africa: The way Forward

Thursday Wednesday 29th – Friday 31st May 2019

Theme: Enterprise and Economic Development in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

We invited abstracts and papers from a wide range of topics relevant to enterprise and economic devolvement in Africa:

• Business and Enterprise
• Commodities and Trade (including Global Value Chains)
• Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
• Gender and Enterprise
• Influence of Culture and Tradition on Economic Development
• International Exporting
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
• Sustainability Issues and Training
• Education and Training

Conceptual papers are invited. We also encourage doctoral students and early career researchers to submit short papers and/or research ideas for poster presentations. Full papers were published in the Conference Proceedings after the conference.

ACADEMIC WRITING RETREAT

This year the conference was preceded by an optional 2.5 day residential writing retreat which was held in a beautiful area of Scotland. Places were limited on the retreat. The writing retreat took place between 26-28th August.

Thursday 31st May and Friday 1st June 2018

Theme: Transforming Barriers to Effective Economic Development in Africa into Enablers

We invited abstracts and papers from a wide range of topics relevant to enterprise and economic devolvement in Africa:

• Business and Enterprise
• Commodities and Trade (including Global Value Chains)
• Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
• Gender and Enterprise
• Influence of Culture and Tradition on Economic Development
• International Exporting
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
• Sustainability Issues and Training
• Education and Training

Conceptual papers are invited. We also encourage doctoral students and early career researchers to submit short papers and/or research ideas for poster presentations. Full papers were published in the Conference Proceedings after the conference.

Thursday 6th April and Friday 7th April 2017

Theme: Nurturing Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Africa

Thursday 12th and Friday 13th November 2015

Theme: African Enterprise and Economic Development: A proud History, A Promising Future

• The Innovate UK Funding
  With this Award, CAREED researchers are seeking to improve the livelihoods and nutrition in Rwanda through a ground-breaking new aquaponics research project. They have embarked on the unique pilot project that is targeting a 50 per cent increase in productivity in the sector. In fact, they think it could help as many as 80,000 farmers across 2,000 farms to reduce food shortages within 10 years. UWS's CAREED and social enterprise collaborators NjordFrey, who are based in Rwanda, were recently awarded a grant of £283,774 by the Department for International Development (DFID) / Innovate-UK for the 18-month feasibility study.
  
  MORE ON THE IMPROVING LIVELIHOODS AND NUTRITION IN RWANDA PROJECT

• Agri-tech Project
  KTP between UWS CAREED and Farmtrack Consulting Ltd and Mount Kenya University: The main activity of this Innovate UK funded project is the development and commercialisation of pest control products.
• Female Enterprise Project
  Successful joint bid with UWS School of Computing,  Engineering & Physical Sciences for project on upgrading enterprise skills of female handicraft entrepreneurs in Uganda. Funding by The Royal Academy of Engineering.
• World Bank Funded Training
  Delegates from Kenya were in Scotland for two weeks in February 2018 and undertook CPD training courses in environmental topics. The course was funded by the World Bank and the delegates came from the Kenyan Ministry of Housing, Transport, Environment and Urban Infrastructure. Professor John Struthers in conjunction with the School of Science and Sport and external agents, Diaspora Community Support Services welcomed a delegation of government officials from Kenya.

BOOKS

• Adewole, A. and Struthers J. J. (2018), Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa: The Impact on Trade and Development,  Palgrave Macmillan: Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa Series
• Harrison, C. (2016), Leadership Theory and Research: A critical Approach to New and Existing Paradigms; Palgrave Macmillan, London

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Adewole, A. and Struthers, J. J. (2019), Trade and Economic Development in Africa: The Interaction between Logistics and Global Value Chains; in Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa: The Impact on Trade and Development, edited by Adewole, A. and Struthers, J. J. Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa, Palgrave McMillan, UK
• Struthers, J. J. (2019), Commodity Price Volatility: Causes, Policy Options and Prospects for African Economies; in Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa: The Impact on Trade and Development, edited by Adewole, A. and Struthers, J. J., Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa, Palgrave McMillan, UK
• Adewole, A. (2019), Logistics and Supply Chain Infrastructure Development in Africa; in Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa: The Impact on Trade and Development, edited by Adewole, A. and Struthers, J. J., Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa, Palgrave McMillan, UK
• Burl, D. (2019), Freight Transport Technology: A Cost-Effective/Time-Efficient Solution to Sub-Saharan Africa’s Logistics Problems; in Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa: The Impact on Trade and Development, edited by Adewole, A. and Struthers, J. J., Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa, Palgrave McMillan, UK
• Gayi, S. K. and Banini, J. K. (2019), Does Africa Have What it takes to Upgrade in Global Value Chains; in Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa: The Impact on Trade and Development, edited by Adewole, A. and Struthers, J. J., Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa, Palgrave McMillan, UK
• Keane, J. (2019), Logistics and Value Chain Development: Cost and Capability Considerations; in Logistics and Global Value Chains in Africa: The Impact on Trade and Development, edited by Adewole, A. and Struthers, J. J., Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa, Palgrave McMillan, UK
• Struthers, J. J. (2017), Commodity price volatility: an evolving principal-agent problem; in Future Fragmentation Processes: Effectively Engaging with the Ascendancy of Global Value Chains, ed by Keane, J. and Baimbill-Johnson, R., Commonwealth Secretariat, London
• Nziku, D. (2017), co-author of book chapter in book on Female Entrepreneurship, published by Edward Elgar, London

JOURNALS & NEWSLETTERS

• Nziku, D. M. and Henry, C. (2020), Policies for Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries: The case of Tanzania; Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy. 10.(1) pp. 38-58
• Adewole A and Agnes G (2020), COVID-19: Counting the costs of the Pandemic on African Economies; Africa Group Newsletter, Addleshaw Goddard; 19 May 2020; United Kingdom
• Adewole A (2020) Coronavirus Outbreak and the Impact on African Economy, Scroll Reports, 25 March 2020; Nigeria
• Adewole A (2020) Nigerian Education in Perspective: Problems and Prospects; Scroll Reports, 24 May 2020; Nigeria

WORK IN PROGRESS

• Nziku, D. M. and Struthers, J.J. (2018), Female entrepreneurship in Africa: strength of weak ties in mitigating principal-agent problems, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-03-2017-0115 (forthcoming in Special Issue on Entrepreneurship in Africa)
• Adewole, A. (2020), Entrepreneurial Supply Chain Logistics in Africa: A Practical Approach; Palgrave Studies of Sustainable Business in Africa, Palgrave McMillan, UK (Work-in-Progress)
• Harrison, C., Burnard, K. and Paul, S., (2018), Entrepreneurial leadership in a developing country: skill based analysis, (forthcoming in Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development)

CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS

• Olamide Olusegun
  -Public Sector Procurement and Documentation in Nigeria
• Ayodele Adetuyi
  -National Policy and Corporate Sector Development: A study of Agriculture Development in Western Nigeria
• Inyang Nyongessien
  -Sustainable and Green Supply Chain for Competitiveness in the Nigerian Hospitality Industry
• Anietie Matthews
  -Determinants of Port-Centric Logistics Infrastructure Development: A study of Nigerian Ports Osa
• Victor Ogunmu
  -An Evaluation of the Information Sharing Practices for Supply Chain Traceability in the Nigerian Food and Beverage Processing Sector
• Kingsley Nnamdi Emeana
  -Coffee Price Volatility hedging using a single-step model

RECENTLY COMPLETED DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

• Beatrice Isah Dara
  -Can Trade Openness Improve the Human Development Index of the lowest Sub-Saharan African Countries?
• Azeez Abiola Oyedele
  -Price Discovery in the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX): The Role of Warehouse Receipts
• Kolade Abimbola Nasir
  -Energy Infrastructure Financing in Developing Countries and Project Finance in the Nigerian Energy Sector
• Tope Falade
  -Implementing Industrial Ecology in the Nigerian Free Trade Zone

We collaborate with both academic and non-academic institutions across the world. A few of CAREED collaborations are with the following:

• NjordFrey Consulting – A Rwandan Registered Company. CAREED is currently working with NjordFrey on Agroponic project to produce fish and vegetables to improve nutrition of the population and provide employment
• Farmtrack Consulting Ltd – Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) on production and commercialisation of pesticides to enhance production, sales and export of Mangoes in Kenya
• Innovate UK – Gov.UK
• Department for International Development (DFiD), United Kingdom
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• Development Studies Association (DSA)
• Scotland Study Group, University of Strathclyde
• The Ethiopian High Commission, London United Kingdom
• Cameroon High Commission, London United Kingdom
• Africa Forum Scotland - Next Step Initiative – (NSI)
• Heart for the City of Glasgow (Rev. Dr Lukas Njenga)
• Just Trading Scotland (Professor John Riches)
• Challenges Worldwide (Mr Neil Fleming)
• Coffee Conscience Ltd., Scotland (Mr Billy Miller)
• Mount Kenya University, Kenya
• University of Glasgow, Scotland UK
• Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland UK
• St Andrew’s University, St Andrew’s UK

Prof John Struthers
Director of CAREED
Email: John.Struthers@uws.ac.uk

Dr Adebisi Adewole
Deputy Director (Membership, Finance, Media and Partnerships)
Email: Adebisi.Adewole@uws.ac.uk

Dr Dina Nziku
Deputy Director (Conference Organising and Management)
Email: Dina.Nziku@uws.ac.uk

Professor Jacinta Nwachukwu
Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise , University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

Dr Samuel Gayi
Retired UNCTAD Director, Special Unit Commodities – United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Email: Sammy.gayi@gmail.com

Dr Alice Nicole Sindzingre
National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) France
Email: asindzingre@orange.fr

Professor Heather Tarbert
Heather.Tarbert@uws.ac.uk

Dr Ahmed Beloucif
Ahmed.Beloucif@uws.ac.uk

Dr David Burl
David.Burl@uws.ac.uk

Mbusiro Chacha
Mbusiro.chacha@uws.ac.uk

Dr Toyin Coker
Toyin.Coker@uws.ac.uk

Dr Stephen Collins
Stephen.Collins@uws.ac.uk

Dr Firdu Gemech
Firdu.Gemech@uws.ac.uk

Dr Christian Harrison
Christain.Harrison@uws.ac.uk

Dr Abeer Hassan
Abeer.Hassan@uws.ac.uk

Dr Allan Moore
Allan.Moore@uws.ac.uk

Ahmad Qureshi
Ahmad.Qureshi@uws.ac.uk

Kingsley N. Emeana
Kingsley.NnamdiEmeana@uws.ac.uk

Olamide Olusegun
Olamide.olusegun@uws.ac.uk

Charlotte Eba
BlaJoseeCharlotte.Eba@uws.ac.uk

Amina Abdessalam 
Amina.abdessalam@uws.ac.uk

Ayodele Adetuyi 
Ayodele.Adetuyi@uws.ac.uk

Imene El Azzaoui
Imene.elazzaoui@uws.ac.uk

Adefunke Emeagwali
Adefunke.Emeagwali@uws.ac.uk

Inyang Nyongessien
Inyang.nyongessien@uws.ac.uk

Abdul-Hakeem Raji
Abdulhakeem.raji@uws.ac.uk

Anietie Matthew
B00140335@studentmail.uws.ac.uk

Mariam Wokocha
B00360788@studentmail.uws.ac.uk

Dr Isaac Amaoko
Liverpool John More University
I.O.Amoako@ljmu.ac.uk

Dr Thandi Mtetwa

Kingsley Obinna Omeihe
Edinburgh Napier University

Charlotte Eba
BlaJoseeCharlotte.Eba@uws.ac.uk

Henry Eze
Strathclyde University

Willie Mambwe
University of the West of Scotland

Professor John Adams
British University of Egypt

Lucas Njenga
lukas@heartforthecity.co.uk

Olufunke Owoyokun
B00397825@studentmail.uws.ac.uk

Abdulmonem Esaudi
Abdulmonem.Esaudi@uws.ac.uk

Kingsley N. Emeana
Kingsley.NnamdiEmeana@uws.ac.uk

Professor Aniebiet Inyang Ntui
ntuinju@unical.edu.ng

Phelisa Njeru
Mount Kenyan University
pnjeru@mku.ac.ke

Doris Mavuta
Mount Kenyan University
dmavuta@mku.ac.ke

Michael Oluwasogo Olatunbosun
Splash FM Nigeria
Miketunbosu74@gmail.com

Oluwaseun Akinola
Splash FM Nigeria
sammyesheray@gmail.com

Ben Ukpe Ekanikpong
Ekan.ben@elkanisgroup.com