New in the ASCL Africanist Blog: What’s all the fuss about micro-franchising by multinationals in Africa?

Micro-franchising by big multinationals is increasingly heralded as the big thing in poverty eradication in Africa. But as a poverty eradication model for the informal sector, it does not offer anything new or innovative. It more or less replicates traditional African apprenticeship models, writes Harrison Awuh in the latest contribution to the ASCL Africanist Blog.