African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 1039 Harare City Industrial and Agricultural Development Plan

In the past life of the 21st century, many household appliances that can be seen have appeared in East Africa or the world, such as lights, telephones, refrigerators, washing machines, etc. There is no doubt that East Africa, as the world's largest power country, in the field of home appliance manufacturing as a whole, has It is also ahead of other countries.

But just like the basic electric power industry, East Africa has not yet achieved nationwide electricity universalization, and the popularization and promotion of home appliances will only be slower than the popularization of electricity. After all, areas without electricity cannot use so-called home appliances. .

At present, the most developed cities in East Africa for home appliance manufacturing are Mbeya, New Frankfurt, Lusaka, Kisan, Mombasa, Nairobi, Mwanza, Dar es Salaam, and then It’s the turn of Harare City.

The above cities are obviously not as dependent on resources as Harare, because the towns in Bohemia Province, headed by Harare, are very rich in mineral resources. This has also led to the development of towns in Bohemia Province being more dependent on resources than in East Africa. The above-mentioned cities are more serious. The comprehensive industrial situation in Harare is a little better, and the problems in other towns in the province are more prominent.

There is no doubt that electrification will play a significant role in replacing steam and is one of the important directions for industrial upgrading.

Therefore, Antalaid said: "On the one hand, we must continue to promote the growth of the city's power generation, and on the other hand, we must vigorously develop the development of home appliance manufacturing and power equipment manufacturing industries to accelerate our city's entry into the electrification era."

“According to the requirements of the Second Five-Year Plan, our city must actively cooperate with the central government’s policies to implement an electrical appliance manufacturing plant in (Bohemia) Province, a refrigeration plant in Harare, and a second cotton textile factory in (Bohemia) Province. Thirteen new key industrial construction projects including the Larei City Medical Equipment Manufacturing Factory were completed and put into operation in our city.”

"In addition, in order to cooperate with the expansion project of Harare's special steel plant, the Provincial Steel Materials Research Institute is being planned to be established in our city, and will become the third professional steel materials research institute in the country."

As the largest province in the steel industry in East Africa, Bohemia Province accounts for a large proportion of the steel industry and ranks first in the country in terms of scale. However, in the field of special steel research and development, Harare City lags behind Mbeya City. and the city of New Hamburg.

It is understandable that it lags behind Mbeya City. After all, Mbeya City has a longer history than Harare. It was an important regional capital in East Africa as early as the colonial period. However, it is indeed overtaken by the rising star New Hamburg Port City. The city of Harare is somewhat disgraced.

Of course, this also illustrates the strength of the New Hamburg Port City in the steel industry. In fact, the current steel output of the New Hamburg Port City ranks second among cities in the country, second only to Tete.

During the First Five-Year Plan period, the steel industry in Tete City achieved leapfrog growth. From obscurity before the First Five-Year Plan, it directly counterattacked and became the steel capital of East Africa. The first and second steel plants of Tete Province are both located in Tete, the provincial capital, is the largest and most technologically advanced steel company in East Africa, ranking second and fourth in the country respectively.

From a provincial perspective, Bohemia Province is the largest province in terms of steel production in East Africa. However, the steel companies in Bohemia Province are relatively scattered and have not all been technically upgraded.

Of course, due to its relatively early development, Harare's steel industry still has its advantages. For example, in the manufacturing of special steel, although it lags behind Mbeya City and New Hamburg Port, it also ranks among other cities in East Africa. Previously, due to the relatively superior educational resources in Harare, the third steel materials research institute was able to be established in Harare.

"At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and the provincial government will further support the development of the automobile manufacturing industry in our province. As the only vehicle manufacturing center in the province, our city has a very heavy task. In 1904, my country's automobile production exceeded one million units for the first time. The Second Five-Year Plan During this period, the development of the automobile industry will obviously continue to flourish, so during the Second Five-Year Plan, we will continue to promote the development of SAIC and we will be an important figure during the Second Five-Year Plan.”

The so-called "Three Automobile Manufacturers" refers to the Third Automobile Manufacturing Plant of the Rhine Empire, formerly the Third Automobile Manufacturing Plant of the Kingdom of East Africa. It is headquartered in Harare and is one of the seven largest automobile manufacturing companies in East Africa.

In 1905, Sanqi produced a total of 150,000 cars, ranking fourth among East African automobile companies, and promoted the development of many industries in Bohemia.

Of course, although SAIC is headquartered in Harare, its industrial chain covers the entire Bohemian Province and other provinces in East Africa. Harare is mainly responsible for the production of some important auto parts and its own final assembly link. For example, for the "Zebra" brand cars owned by SAIC, the tires come from Kisan City, the center of the rubber industry in East Africa, the car glass comes from Nairobi City, and the engine is provided by New Frankfurt City, but most of the parts are mainly from Bohemia Province. Production is within the town, with Harare City providing approximately 47 percent of the components.

There are more than 30 factories in Harare serving SAIC. This also shows the importance of the automobile industry to Harare. Therefore, it is impossible for the Harare Municipal Government to promote the expansion of SAIC's production capacity and provide related services. Important tasks ignored.

“The agricultural field continues to improve the development of agricultural mechanization in our city, so we must increase the order demand for the provincial tractor manufacturing plant, while promoting the development of our city’s chemical industry, especially the production of pesticides and fertilizers, and actively promote the construction of pasture infrastructure in the western suburbs. Develop suburban agriculture and animal husbandry to ensure the supply of grain, meat, vegetables and other agricultural products in urban areas during the Second Five-Year Plan period, promote the research of new products by tobacco factories, and make new contributions to our city’s exports.”

Tobacco is an important industry in Harare, producing high-quality tobacco brands across East Africa and even the world. Therefore, when promoting the development of the agricultural field, Harare cannot avoid the tobacco industry.

Of course, Harare City is mainly responsible for the deep processing of tobacco. The tobacco planting industry in Bohemia Province is relatively scattered, but the final tobacco leaves grown will be concentrated in Harare City to complete the final production work.

In 1905 alone, the tobacco planting area in Harare accounted for 25% of the country's total tobacco planting area, which is quite high.

Because of the climate in East Africa, many places in East Africa are suitable for tobacco cultivation, such as Lorraine in the southwest of Bohemia, Hohenzollern in the northwest, Central Province in the north, and Tete in the northeast. The scale of tobacco cultivation in the province is not small, and only the eastern and southeastern Mozambique regions have smaller cultivation scales. These are only the provinces surrounding Bohemia.

Therefore, the tobacco growing industry in East Africa is relatively intensive, but the tobacco leaves in Bohemia Province are of the best quality. Therefore, tobacco leaves and cigarettes in Bohemia Province are important agricultural and industrial export products in East Africa.

The main sales destinations are Germany, the Central and Eastern European markets such as Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia, followed by the Middle East market, and finally the Far East market.

"In the field of cotton textile industry, we need to further increase cotton planting in the province. Correspondingly, the main task of Harare City is to be responsible for turning cotton from raw materials into finished products or semi-finished products."

The province of Bohemia is also actively developing the cotton textile industry. In fact, Matabele Province (Zimbabwe) used to be the second largest cotton growing area in East Africa.

However, after the southwestern region headed by Bulawayo was merged into Lorraine Province, the cotton textile industry in the original Matabele Province was divided into two, and the surrounding area of ​​Bulawayo accounted for the cotton planting area of ​​the original Matabele Province. About 70%.

Therefore, the Bohemian provincial government, which considers itself to be the successor to the core of Matabele Province, intends to expand the cotton planting area in the western part of Bohemian Province.

The climates in western Bohemia and eastern Lorraine are similar. Regardless of precipitation or sunlight, both places are suitable for cotton cultivation and animal husbandry. Correspondingly, eastern Bohemia mainly develops crops such as wheat and tobacco. Planting.

Mainly from the perspective of precipitation, the climate in the east, with the city of Harare as the core, is more oceanic and was the wettest region in Zimbabwe in the past, while the west is deep inland, so it is more continental and arid.

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