Professor Douglas Boateng
A Ghanaian scholar, who is an expert in the Supply and Value Chain Management, Professor Douglas Boateng has been honoured for his extraordinary contributions to the socio-economic development of Africa.
He has been at the forefront of various vertical-specific industrial developmental initiatives.
Prof Boateng is currently an independent chairman of the Institute of Operations Management (IOM) Africa.
Prof. Boateng is also the chairman of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply’s (CIPS) Africa Strategic Advisory Board, which is the world’s largest procurement and supply chain related professional body.
He was honoured with Lifetime Achiever Award at the CEO Global Titans Building Nations’ awards ceremony recently held at Midrand, in South Africa for promoting regional and continental collaboration.
“To be honoured by one of the regions’ premier and most respected awarding bodies, CEO’s Titans Building Nations, for work done in the area of industrial engineering, supply chain management and its link to emerging world development is certainly heart-warming,” Prof Boateng stated.
The award ceremony is expected to be replicated in Ghana, Zambia, Mauritius and Kenya in the later part of this year to showcase the achievements of people across the continent that have played a pivotal role in advancing Africa’s economic development and progress.
It is also to recognize their works which have impacted directly on people and communities.
Addressing the gathering, Chief Executive of CEO’s Titans Building Nations, Annelize Wepener, said there were Titans who are building nations with the hope of uniting Africa despite the commonality of poverty and strife affecting many parts of the continent.
“These are Africans who are making sure Africa achieves and utilizes its power of oneness,” he noted, and added that supporting this concept of the ‘power of one’ would help address the continent’s problems.
“We need to think of ourselves as one big family with a common shared vision and strategic goal, a common ability to economically develop and most importantly a common willingness to cooperate rather than compete with each other,” Mr. Wepener indicated.
“When we think of ourselves in those terms, we can see past our national borders and not be blind to the opportunities around us. It will also enable us to be more appreciative of what we collectively have as people and a continent,” he stated.
From Ernest Kofi Adu, Kumasi