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Personal profile
About
Akenroye holds a PhD in supply chain management from the University of Salford and two master’s degrees, one in Sustainability Leadership, from the prestigious University of Cambridge and the other in Supply Chain & Logistics Management from the University of Salford. He has published widely in top-tier academic journals; and his (co-edited) book, “Africa and Sustainable Global Value Chains” was recently published by Springer. Before entering academia, Dr Akenroye was a Senior Manager in public procurement and supply chains with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). He currently serves as a Member of the Peer Review College @ British Academy of Management, a Research Advisory Board Member for Africa Resource Centre (ARC) in South Africa, an Academic Advisor to Kuehne Foundation, Germany, Visiting Scholar at the University of South Africa, University of Central Lancashire, and Arden university in the UK. He has consulted and provided technical support for several organizations globally. From 2013 – 2015, he supported the governments of Kenya, Ghana, and Mali to design procurement interventions that linked over 20,000 small-holder farmers to the supply chain opportunities in school feeding programs in the countries. In 2019, he was appointed by Cooper/Smith USA to help improve data-driven decision-making culture among health-commodity supply chain leaders (managers) in Kenya and Senegal. Dr Akenroye has been widely sought to comment on supply chain issues on global TV channels including Al-Jazeera and BBC News, as well as on radio on LBC (London Broadcasting Company). He has delivered keynote speeches, and invited research seminars and lectures at various universities and professional fora around the world.
Research Interests
- Supply Chain Management
- Sustainability
- Government Procurement/Contracts
- Small Business Development
- Health Supply Chains
- Food Value Chains
- Africa
Disciplines
- Business
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Academic Rating Index: 4IR Supervision Model
Mkansi, M., Mokole, T. & Akenroye, T., 2024, Proceedings of 9th International Congress on Information and Communication Technology - ICICT 2024. Yang, X.-S., Sherratt, S., Dey, N. & Joshi, A. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 1-13 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1002 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Characterizing the critical success factors influencing blockchain technology adoption in Indian public distribution system: an exploratory approach
Vishnu, C. R., Chatterjee, P., Maddali, S. P. & Akenroye, T. O., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Benchmarking.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enabling Digital Transformation in the Steel Sector: An Interpretive Structural Modeling of Adoption Barriers and Strategies to Overcome Them
Fuensanta, A. U., Ibn-Mohammed, T., Bhanot, N., Akenroye, T. & Chakkol, M., 2024, AISTech 2024 - Proceedings of the Iron and Steel Technology Conference. Association for Iron and Steel Technology, p. 2136-2147 12 p. (AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings; vol. 2024-May).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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One size does not fit all: deciphering the interdependence between barriers hindering SMEs’ involvement in public sector procurement
Akenroye, T. O., Oyedijo, A., Abubakre, A., Zsidisin, G., El Baz, J. & Vishnu, C. R., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Public Sector Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimizing Vaccine Delivery with Drones for Hard-to-Reach Regions
Campbell, J. F., Kara, B., Li, H., Enayati, S., Peker, M. & Akenroye, T., 2024, Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024. Bui, T. X. (ed.). IEEE Computer Society, p. 3354-3363 10 p. (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution