Data Analytics
Turning raw data into policy-grade decisions with PLS-SEM, fsQCA, DEMATEL and MCDM modelling.
Ashesi University · Berekuso, Ghana
DisraeliAsante‑Darko.
I am a
Supply Chain Strategist
Associate Professor, Head of the Business Administration Department and Director of the MBA Programme at Ashesi University. As a supply chain and sustainability consultant based in Ghana, I help organisations across Africa build sustainable, resilient operations, grounded in research and proven in practice.
PhD · MPOMS · CIPS
Operations & Supply Chain Management
About.
I began in pure numbers, with a BSc in Mathematics and an MPhil in Applied Mathematics at KNUST, before discovering that the most interesting equations sit inside organisations: how goods move, how firms grow responsibly, and how Africa's supply chains can compete globally without costing the planet.
A PhD in Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of the Witwatersrand sharpened that focus. Today I lead the Business Administration Department and the MBA Programme at Ashesi University, publish in leading Q1 journals on circular economy and sustainable operations, and work as a supply chain, sustainability and monitoring & evaluation consultant to governments, embassies, and enterprises across Ghana and West Africa on strategy, value chains, and evaluation.
My conviction is simple: rigorous research should leave the library. Every consulting engagement I take is grounded in evidence; every paper I write is aimed at real-world impact across Africa.
Head of Department & MBA Director · Ashesi
Strategic leadership of the Business Administration Department & MBA Programme.
Associate Professor · Ashesi University
Q1 research pipeline; new Supply Chain Management curriculum (+20% enrolment).
Senior Lecturer & Head of Programmes · GIMPA
Postgraduate teaching, executive training & satellite campus coordination.
PhD · University of the Witwatersrand
Operations & Supply Chain Management, funded by the Bradlow Foundation Scholarship.
Head, Centre for Management Development · GIMPA
Executive training portfolio; +30% enrolment across five online programmes.
Manager, Kumasi Campus · GIMPA
Campus operations, accreditation & international collaborations.
Lecturer · GIMPA
Operations, service operations & supply chain management.
Graduate Assistant · KNUST
Taught optimisation, engineering mathematics & mathematical methods.
Expertise
Where research meets the supply chain.
Three disciplines, one practice: turning data into decisions, decisions into resilient operations, and operations into supply chains that hold up for the long run.
Operations
Designing resilient, high-performing operations for manufacturing, retail, agri-food and healthcare.
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Circular economy and NetZero-aligned supply chains that perform for the balance sheet and the planet.
Consultancy
Evidence-driven advisory, measurable outcomes.
As a supply chain and sustainability consultant working across Ghana, West Africa and the wider continent, I work with governments, development partners, universities and enterprises on operations, circular economy and evaluation challenges, bringing the same analytical rigour that earns Q1 journal publications to every engagement.
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Supply Chain & Operations Strategy
Value chain analysis, network design, resilience and performance improvement for manufacturing, agri-food, retail and healthcare operations.
Sustainability & Circular Economy Advisory
Circular economy roadmaps, NetZero transition support, triple-bottom-line decision frameworks and corporate sustainability performance.
Monitoring & Evaluation
Theory-of-change design, indicator frameworks, robustness testing and impact evaluation for programmes and multi-million-dollar initiatives.
Data Analytics & Research Design
Advanced quantitative methods (PLS-SEM, fsQCA, DEMATEL, MCDM), plus survey design, data collection at scale and policy-grade analysis.
Executive Training & Curriculum Development
Design and delivery of executive education, accreditation support and curriculum development for universities and corporate academies.
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Methods & tools
Proven in practice
Multiple engagements.
Five sectors. One standard of evidence.
Selected engagements
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Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant Ashesi E-Learning Initiative · Ghana $2.0M programme
Role: Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant · Jan 2023 – Apr 2023
- Evaluated the effectiveness of Ashesi University's e-learning programmes using advanced analytical techniques.
- Informed institutional digital-learning strategy on a $2,000,000 programme.
Technical Report & Research Consultant Education Collaborative · Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project $400K initiative
Role: Technical Report & Research Consultant · Dec 2022 – Aug 2023
- Led data analysis and authored over four technical reports, transforming complex findings into actionable insights.
- Guided two manuscript developments for the initiative.
Data Collection & Analysis Lead FSPI-R Project · French Embassy & Ashesi University 300+ facilities
Role: Data Collection & Analysis Lead · Oct 2023 – Jun 2024
- Directed data collection across 300+ healthcare facilities on French-language adoption in Ghana's health sector.
- Analysis influenced five significant policy developments in collaboration with the French Embassy.
Value Chain Consultant EU West Africa Competitiveness Programme · GIMPA €50K engagement
Role: Value Chain Consultant · Sept 2021 – Jan 2022
- Provided consultancy on value chains in cassava, processed fruits, cosmetics and personal-care products.
- Developed strategic interventions enhancing production efficiency and market access.
Robustness Test Consultant Ashesi Berekuso Impact Study · Ghana $15K study
Role: Robustness Test Consultant · Mar 2023 – Present
- Conducted robustness testing using advanced statistical techniques to ensure the reliability and validity of study findings.
- Collaborated with the research team to refine data collection and analysis processes.
Executive Training Direction Academy of Leadership & Executive Training · GIMPA 50+ stakeholders
Role: Head of Programmes · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023
- Directed executive training programmes engaging over 50 stakeholders, delivering a 15% increase in the relevance and impact of educational offerings.
- Developed and managed five online executive programmes, increasing enrolment by 30%.
- Restructured three academic departments, improving operational efficiency by 20% and student engagement by 25%.
Engagements typically begin with a scoping conversation, with no obligation.
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In the room, on the stage.
From POMS conferences in the US to executive workshops in Accra: engaging leaders, practitioners and policymakers on operations, data and sustainable business.
- 2025 35th POMS Conference · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- 2024 Panellist, data-driven HR decision-making · 6th Biennial HR Conference, Ghana Chamber of Mines
- 2024 34th POMS Conference · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- 2018 29th POMS Conference · Houston, Texas, USA
- 2017 28th POMS Conference · Seattle, Washington, USA
- 2016 Waste Management Conference · Wessex Institute of Technology, Valencia, Spain
Published & peer-reviewed
Multiple studies.
Top-quartile journals. One standard of evidence.
Research & Publications
Published where it counts.
Research on sustainable supply chains, circular economy and operations, in journals including Business Strategy and the Environment (IF 13.3), Resources Policy (IF 12.4) and Benchmarking (IF 5.6).
- 2026IF 8.2Q1Wiley
- 2026IF 5.6Q1Emerald
- 2025IF 5.6Q1Emerald
- 2024ScopusSpringer
- 2024ScopusEmerald
- 2024IF 13.3Q1Wiley
- 2024ScopusSpringer
- 2023ScopusEmerald
- 2023IF 2.9Q1PLOS
- 2023IF 12.4Q1Elsevier
- 2022Scopus
- 2021Scopus
- 2021IF 12.4Q1Elsevier
- 2020ScopusEmerald
- 2020ScopusEmerald
- 2018ScopusEmerald
- 2018ScopusEmerald
- 2018ScopusEmerald
- 2018ScopusEmerald
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- 2018IF 5.6Q1Emerald
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Direct major causes of maternal mortality and indirect factors: a canonical correlation analysis
- 2023Palgrave
- Forth.
Overview of decentralised autonomous organisations
Springer Nature - 2023
A framework for defining, describing, and diagnosing (D3) entrepreneurship ecosystems within Sub-Saharan African higher educational institutions
- 2024
- 2023
Sustainable supply chain management practices and firm performance: The mediating effect of supply chain integration
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Plus 7 teaching cases under review on African business strategy, supply chains and entrepreneurship.
Teaching & Mentorship
Building the next generation.
Teaching portfolio
- Operations & Supply Chain: Operations Management, SCM, Supply Chain Analytics, Strategic Operations, Systems Thinking
- Sustainability & Business: Sustainable Business, Green Entrepreneurship, Global Business & Ethics
- Quantitative & Analytics: Business Analytics, Statistics, Optimisation, Quantitative Methods
Awards & grants
- Best Paper Award, Africa Academy of Management 2023 (Sustainability & Green Management Track)
- Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award, 2019
- Bradlow Foundation PhD Scholarship, 2021
- EU Research Grant, West Africa Competitiveness Programme, 2020
Testimonials
What collaborators say.
"Disraeli combines academic depth with a consultant's instinct for what actually moves the needle. His evaluation of our programme gave us evidence we could act on immediately."
"His value chain analysis was the most rigorous piece of work our programme commissioned, and the most readable. Boards understood it, and field teams could execute it."
"As a supervisor and teacher, Dr. Asante-Darko holds you to top-quartile-journal standards while making you believe you can reach them. He changed the trajectory of my career."
"He explains supply chains the way practitioners live them, then examines you like a journal editor. The most demanding and most rewarding course of my MBA."
"We brought him in for the analytics, but the real value was how he translated the numbers into decisions our operations team could act on the following week."
"On our panel he made data-driven HR feel practical instead of theoretical. Delegates were still quoting his framework two days later."
Contact
Let's build something sustainable.
For consultancy engagements, speaking invitations, research collaboration or media enquiries.
- Emaildasante-darko@ashesi.edu.gh
- Phone+233 24 800 3341
- OfficeAshesi University, 1 University Avenue, Berekuso, Eastern Region, Ghana
- ProfilesLinkedIn · Google Scholar