Yum Brands seeks diverse franchisees with new University of Louisville undergraduate program
The Yum Center for Global Franchise Excellence will scout women and people of color for the new graduate and undergraduate programs for franchising
Yum Brands has announced the opening of the Yum Center for Global Franchise Excellence at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, which will specifically target women and people of color to learn how to be a franchisee. The education center will offer online programs for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a six-week online bootcamp non-credit offering.
“We’re developing sustainable education with a global reach,” Wanda Williams, head of Yum Brands’ global franchising said. “It’s helping us to level the playing field, and to create pathways to ownership for underrepresented people of color and women. That’s something really powerful as we see that there are a lot of barriers to enter franchise systems specifically with those groups.”