African Entrepreneurship Record

For example, 52% of Dar es Salaam's coal comes from the Port of New Hamburg, 31% comes from India, and the rest comes from the Middle East or other parts of East Africa. However, in the past two years, Russia's imported coal has grown rapidly in Dar es Salaam, mainly from the eastern part of Ukraine in Russia.

The source of iron ore is even more exaggerated. 47% of Dar es Salaam's iron ore comes from India and 13% comes from the Middle East. The two together exceed the local supply in East Africa.

This also shows the huge shipping advantage of Dar es Salaam, and also shows the prosperity of trade between India and Dar es Salaam.

Most cities on the eastern coast of East Africa attach importance to trade relations with India. After all, a super large market with a population of nearly 300 million, coupled with India's rich mineral resources, is very attractive to East African companies even if there is a middleman like the British colonial government to make a profit.

India's conditions are absolutely unique. In the agricultural era, India was originally the world's agricultural and handicraft center second only to the Far East Empire.

In ancient times, India's ability to become the world's handicraft center was naturally inseparable from its rich natural resources. For example, India has considerable reserves of basic industrial minerals such as coal and iron ore. In the past, India, as the world's most populous country, still maintained a huge iron ore export, which is very telling.

Moreover, East Africa's maritime advantages over India are very significant. With the combination of transportation, resources and market advantages, it is impossible for East-Indian trade not to prosper.

After 1914, trade between East Africa and India also hit a record high, and there was even a grand occasion where Indian merchants and bureaucrats ordered a large number of East African industrial products and resold them in the UK.

Today's Indian bureaucrats are naturally British colonial government bureaucrats. As Britain's richest colony, India is also a place where British bureaucrats make a lot of money.

And this kind of termite is obviously one of the most abstract groups in Britain. Even after the South African War, when Britain imposed the most severe sanctions on East Africa, British bureaucrats in India still went their own way, so East Africa also invited India to this World Expo.

Of course, the main targets of trade with East Africa are still the princes and nobles of India. Although Britain is the sovereign of India, these princes and nobles are the foundation of Britain's actual rule over India.

In fact, Britain is in collusion with these princes and nobles, and naturally enjoys full benefits. In the early 20th century, there were few internal reforms in the Indian princely states, and corruption of princes was a common phenomenon. The princely state system became a major tumor on the body of India.

However, this is obviously also beneficial to East Africa. Most of the trade between East Africa and India is directly reached with these princes and nobles.

If it is feasible, Ernst would like India to maintain this system of princely states. After all, there is no need for another world power to appear on the coast of the Indian Ocean, which would threaten East Africa's interests in the region, so Ernst and the East African government absolutely do not want to see a unified India.

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"Vietnam?" Howard thought of this country immediately. After all, Vietnam should be regarded as the essence of France's colonies in the South Pacific region.

Pasteur nodded and said, "I think so! I don't know much about it, and I don't do business in this area."

Howard said, "When I return to Australia, I think I may be able to make some connections. I remember that Australia also has bauxite."

From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, Australia discovered other important mineral resources, such as coal, iron ore, copper, aluminum, zinc, etc., so after recognizing the strong demand of the emerging industrial market in East Africa, Howard now feels that he has a great chance to get a share of the trade between East Africa and Australia.

After all, he is the president of the Western Australia and East Africa Business Association, and the advantage of being close to the water is not small.

In fact, in the past few years, the export growth rate of mineral resources to East Africa in the economy of Western Australia has been very dazzling. The natural conditions of Western Australia are obviously not a little worse than those of eastern Australia, but Western Australia is rich in mineral resources.

And the transportation between Western Australia and even the whole of Australia and East Africa can be said to be the most convenient. Australia's location can be said to be quite remote, which can be said to be the worst except Antarctica.

The countries that are slightly closer to Australia are Asia, South America and Africa, but the level of industrial development in Asia and South America is quite low now.

Only East Africa, a super-large industrial country, has emerged on the African continent, so it would be best if Australia, with its rich mineral resources, could catch up with the economic express train of East Africa.

For example, Canada, as British colonies, has many similarities with Australia.

Both Canada and Australia are large countries with vast areas, rich mineral resources, and sparse population, but their fates are very different.

By the beginning of the 20th century, Canada had completed preliminary industrialization and had a very prominent position among the British colonies. As early as 1867 in the last century, it signed the British North America Act with Britain and obtained the status of a self-governing territory, which was actually equivalent to de facto independence.

And Australia did not obtain the status of a self-governing territory until 1901 at the beginning of this century, and because of its economic and military weakness, Australia had to follow Britain in all aspects.

This is obviously not because the Australian government is too loyal, but because its economic strength and military capabilities do not allow it.

The main reason for the different fates of Canada and Australia is that Canada is next to the United States. Canada can be said to be the only American country that enjoys the economic dividends of the United States. Its mineral resource advantages can be quickly realized with the help of American industry. This is also the main reason for the rapid development of Canada's economy from the mid-to-late 19th century to the early 20th century.

Australia has resource advantages that are not inferior to Canada. Now it is in urgent need of a big money like the United States, and East Africa is obviously capable of playing such a role.

So after seeing the strong industrial capacity of East Africa, Howard believes that Australia should strengthen economic cooperation with East Africa in the next step.

Of course, because of the feud between East Africa and Britain, the Australian government may not let go of its face and hinder the development of trade between the two countries.

But Western Australia obviously does not need to be consistent with the Australian government in the east. The connection between Western Australia and the east is not close. In particular, the Australian government's long-term neglect of Western Australia has made many people in Western Australia lack a sense of identity.

Howard is one of them. The Western Australia and East Africa Business Association he leads rarely has any intersection with the East. So now that it is known that cooperation with East Africa can bring huge benefits to himself and the association, it is natural to further strengthen the trade relationship with East Africa.

Howard further said to Pasteur: "Western Australia has rich mineral resources, and East Africa has the world's most powerful industry. The two countries can complement each other's advantages, so next I will urge the association to reach some agreements and consensus directly with the East African government."

For a country like Australia, selling mines is like selling mud in front of your own door. It is not worth worrying about it at all. In the past, the oil sellers in the Gulf countries might still worry about the problem of energy depletion, but Australia does not need to worry about this at all. Not to mention its huge resource reserves, even if it is really exhausted, it is just another kind of mine to sell. This is the real God's gift.

This was once the case in East Africa, but now the population in East Africa is growing too fast and the industry is developing too fast, so East Africa must be prepared for danger in times of peace, unless the Rhine royal family just wants to stay in Africa and be the chief of Africa. In that case, East Africa does not need as many people as it does now. If it maintains a population of tens of millions, East Africa can live comfortably.