Prof Progress Hove-Sibanda is a Logistics and Supply Chain Management Professional and an NRF rated researcher. She is an associate professor in the Department of Logistics, School of Business and Economic Science, Nelson Mandela University. She is a board member of the Journal of Transport and Supply chain management; and a committee member of the African Institute of Supply Chain Research (AISCR). She has published widely and presented several papers in local and international conferences. Her research interest lies in the areas of Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Green Logistics, Reverse Logistics, Waste Management, Smart Logistics, Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, SMEs, Islamic banking, Maritime Logistics, business management, sustainable entrepreneurship, and economics.