African Entrepreneurship Record

Take the iron ore in East Africa as an example. East Africa is quite rich in iron ore resources. From south to north and from east to west, there are basically large iron ores, but coal mines are relatively scarce.

However, East Africa is rich in iron ore resources. However, the annual steel production in East Africa is growing too fast. Last year alone it reached more than 30 million tons. This output is equivalent to ten times that of the beginning of this century. Therefore, East Africa's consumption of iron ore is huge. , a lot of resources are imported from India and the Middle East every year.

So Pasteur believed that if there were iron mines in Western Australia and they were of considerable scale, they might be able to do something about it.

So he said to Howard: "I wonder if you can let me see the sample?"

Howard was here to do business. Since Pasteur was interested, he naturally would not refuse.

"Of course, but the samples I brought are stored in the hotel. If you want to see the finished product, you have to wait until I go back. But now I want to visit the industrial area in Dar es Salaam. If Mr. Pasteur is interested, We can discuss it tonight," Howard said.

"That's fine!" said Pasteur.

After all, it is unknown whether the iron ore Howard mentioned exists, whether it has economic value, its reserves and quality.

Compared to Pasteur's uncertainty, Emperor Ernst had full confidence in Western Australia's mineral resources.

However, Ernst does not intend to expose the potential of Australia's iron ore and other resources in advance. This is the main reason why East Africa has not developed Western Australia's mineral resources on a large scale.

Australia's mineral resources, like East Kalimantan's rich coal and oil resources, are bait in Ernst's hands and an opportunity to prepare for reshaping the situation in the South China Sea and the Pacific in the future. Therefore, the resources in these two places will only be used when appropriate. time was exposed.

As for Pasteur's business behavior that relies purely on luck, the East African government will naturally not interfere. In fact, private capital in East Africa has just started. At least the projects that are difficult for Howard to complete will be difficult for Pasteur to complete unless he Get more people to work together.

Because Howard was not in a hurry to return to the hotel, but continued to visit the southern port area of ​​Dar es Salaam, Pasteur had no choice but to continue to act as his tour guide.

"The place with the condensing tower and the big chimney in front is the Parsim Power Plant. The development of the power industry in East Africa is very amazing, and the penetration rate of electricity and electrical appliances is also the highest in the world."

"When the exhibition officially starts tomorrow, it will probably be an eye-opener for everyone. Electrical appliances in East Africa have made rapid progress in recent years, and can even be said to cover various fields such as food, clothing, housing and transportation."

Parsim Power Plant is the latest power plant built in Dar es Salaam and one of the largest power plants in Dar es Salaam. It accounts for 90% of the electricity in Dar es Salaam. It comes from thermal power generation, and only 10% comes from hydropower generation, and hydropower generation mainly enters Dar es Salaam from other regions through high-voltage transmission lines.

Therefore, thermal power plants are currently an important pillar of Dar es Salaam's industrial operations, and about 30% of its coal is imported from India.

Obviously, Dar es Salaam is relatively short of energy, but this situation will change in the future, at least with the construction of upstream hydropower stations, which will greatly alleviate the future power problems in eastern East Africa.

The hydropower potential in East Africa is huge, especially in the east. Because of the terrain difference at the intersection of the plateau and coastal plains, there is no shortage of good locations for the construction of hydropower stations.

For example, about 10% of the hydropower in Dar es Salaam is sent from the mountain reservoir power station in Morogoro in the west.

Looking at the tall power plant in front of him, Howard exclaimed: "This is probably the largest thermal power station I have ever seen. Although Perth also has power plants, it seems like a small thing in front of the Parsim Power Plant."

Perth is the capital of Western Australia and the seat of the Western Australian and East African Business Association.

Of course, Perth is just a small city in East Africa. After all, the entire population of Australia is only more than four million, and most of them still live in the east. Therefore, even Perth has only a few hundred thousand people, most of whom were born in the last century. Came here during the gold rush.

Therefore, the city of Dar es Salaam is a dozen times larger than Perth, and its industry is more developed, and its consumption of electricity is beyond what Howard could have imagined.

Pasteur said: "The entire city of Dar es Salaam has a population of one million. Just to supply electricity to these people, the government and enterprises have to make a lot of efforts. In fact, the scale of industrial electricity consumption is even larger."

"In the two industrial zones in Dar es Salaam, their electricity consumption accounts for about 78% of the entire city. The Parsim Power Plant supplies hundreds of companies, large and small, in the surrounding area. and electricity consumption in factories, many of which are very energy-intensive enterprises.”

Howard looked at the factories in front of him and said: "I have also been to London. The factories and companies in London are denser and the population is larger, but the environment in London is really hard to compliment. The air is filled with smog. Although Dar es Sala There is also a lot of smog in the industrial areas of the city, but the situation is obviously much better than in London. This is most likely related to your extensive use of non-steam power. "

Pasteur nodded and said: "Whether it is electricity or an internal combustion engine, the pollution it produces is far less than that of a steam engine. This is why there are relatively few chimneys in Dar es Salaam."

"Of course, in addition to industry, civil fuel is also an important factor. Now East African families can cook by using electrical appliances or liquefied gas, which greatly reduces the use of raw materials such as coal or dry firewood that are easy to produce a lot of smoke."

"Because of the cooking habits of many families, the biggest pollution in East African families today is probably "pot gas", that is, the oil smoke produced by putting cooking oil in the country, so now many houses in East Africa simply use oil smoke channels to replace chimney designs, or go a step further and use range hoods and stoves."

Howard found it difficult to understand the picture described by Pasteur. After all, there are diversified cooking methods in East Africa, but the cooking methods of the Far East Empire undoubtedly dominate the mainstream.

As a British, Howard does not know how to cook, let alone understand the cooking techniques of some countries, so it is difficult for him to imagine the state of East African kitchens today.

But at least he understood what Pasteur wanted to express, that is, the use of industrial fuels and residential fuels in East Africa is reducing the emission of exhaust gas, which is why the sky in East Africa looks particularly blue.

Of course, as a coastal city, Dar es Salaam is not prone to accumulating smog or pollutants. A breeze from the Indian Ocean can make the whole city look brand new.

Howard obviously knew this, so what really surprised Howard was the sewage system in Dar es Salaam.

Pasteur explained: "Dar es Salaam lacks artificial rivers, so it is impossible to see sewage flowing like the Thames in the UK in Dar es Salaam."

"Dar es Salaam's sewage and rainwater treatment systems and underground pipe networks are designed and built by ourselves, and we will make corresponding treatments according to the water quality. For example, there is a sewage treatment plant in the southern part of the port area."

The sewage treatment plant mentioned by Pasteur is actually not very useful. At least if you want to deal with the industrial wastewater of the entire Dar es Salaam, it is not enough. Most of the industrial and domestic wastewater in Dar es Salaam is still directly discharged into the Indian Ocean.

Of course, even so, it was enough to surprise Howard, an Australian country bumpkin. After all, many cities did not have sewage treatment plants, at least Perth did not have one, so Howard took it for granted that East Africans valued environmental and ecological protection.