African Journal of Politics and Administration

African Journal of Politics and Administration Volume 2| Number 1| April 2019 Editorial ‘Lanre Olu-Adeyemi, Ph.D – Editor-in-Chief Editorial Advisors Professor Femi Mimiko – Faculty of Social Sciences                                                 Obafemi Awolowo University                                                 Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Professor Solomon Akinboye -  Faculty of Social Sciences               University of Lagos, Nigeria. P...

POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PROMOTIONAL STRATEGIES AND THE GROWTH OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA Nelson Goldpin OBAH-AKPOWOGHAHA, PhD Department of Politics and International Relations; North West University, South Africa *Email: akpowoghaha@mail.com                                            & Bridget Uchenna EGWU Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Administration Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Abstract This study examined the Political Economy of Promotional Strategies and Growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (also called small-scale enterprise) in Africa with a special focus on Nigeria. The data for this study were generated through the administration of a questionnaire to entrepreneurs and managers of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. Convenience sam...