African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 900 “Three Parts” Construction

"The aluminum industry will be one of the mainstream industries in the future world. Just like electricity in the past, everyone can already see the huge potential of the electric power industry intuitively. However, the aluminum industry and petrochemical industry in East Africa have just started, and they are both extremely important to industry. "A pillar industry." This is Eubisio's important reminder to Hinde Town and the Tete Municipal Government.

This point is indeed very convincing. When electricity was still in its infancy, East Africa focused its investment. Now the electricity industry is developing very rapidly in East Africa, and every city hopes to get a piece of it.

 So Eubisio’s words still played a certain role. At least the government delegations of Tete City and Hindai Town have strengthened their determination to bring the aluminum industry to the region.

The fact that the town of Hindé and the city of Tete are considering introducing the aluminum industry actually reflects the current shift in the focus of the East African government's investment in the region to backward areas such as Angola and Mozambique.

This is very important. If the central government of East Africa does not support it, then this matter may not be easy to handle, just like Hechingen Province in southern East Africa, which was the former Republic of Transvaal.

 In the previous life, it was the core area of ​​South Africa's economy. Its industry was very developed and ranked first in Africa. However, due to Ernst's restrictions, the development of Hechingen Province has been tepid.

 After all, the state-owned economy in East Africa accounts for 70%, and the development of each region is entirely determined by the central government of East Africa.

Ernst can completely decide where he wants to develop. If Ernst decides to build Walvis Bay into the largest city in East Africa, it will become the largest city in East Africa even if the local climate conditions are harsh.

Of course, as a country’s ruler, Ernst will definitely not formulate national development strategies based solely on his personal feelings. As for the overall pattern of economic development led by the East African government, it actually has more advantages than disadvantages in driving the economies of East African countries.

The setback in international grain prices has hampered Brazil's development of inland land, while East Africa has used administrative means to forcefully promote the development and construction of various regions in East Africa. Even places such as Hechingen Province, which has been restricted from development, have much higher economic growth rates. in Brazil.

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So new villages are popping up in Angola and Mozambique, East Africa's rail systems are overwhelmed, and roads are congested, making all levels of government in East Africa busier.

With the great population migration and the start of new construction projects in East Africa, there has been a new construction upsurge in Angola, Mozambique and other places.

  After all, competition among countries is the mainstream, and competition among countries requires monopoly organizations to achieve. Otherwise, under the erosion of foreign capital, whether domestic enterprises can survive is a question.

According to the plan of the East African government, more than one million people migrate from the central and eastern parts of the country every year to settle in relatively backward areas.

At the same time, the coordination of the state-owned economy is much higher than that of private enterprises, and it fully adapts to the grand development strategy of East African countries. Although it is not conducive to competition, with the rise of monopolies in various countries around the world, the situation in East Africa is in line with the development of the times. trend.

The most typical reference compared with East Africa is Brazil. Today, Brazil's economy and population are completely concentrated in the southeastern coastal area, which is quite unfavorable for inland development. East Africa has completed the development and construction of the eastern and inland hinterland, and is now turning to other regions again. , in this case, the gap between Brazil and East Africa will only become wider and wider, which can be fully reflected in the agricultural field. The expansion rate of cultivated land in East Africa is much higher than that of Brazil, and even ranks first in the world.

"This year's railway system passenger flow and freight volume have obviously exceeded the design standards. In particular, the number of trains is seriously insufficient and overloaded by more than 30%, forcing us to use roads and waterways to relieve traffic pressure." Ministry of Transportation Minister Liu Yidwell reported to Ernst.

“Moreover, the number of train workers is still rising. In addition to our own citizens, black workers are also moving to various parts of the country. Therefore, we and the Ministry of Transport agree that we must increase train production.” The Ministry of Railways also complained.

 Industrial relocation, population migration, and engineering construction all rely on the railway and highway systems, and the scale is not small, which puts great pressure on the work of the two departments. "The current operation of the railway is the same as during the South African War. What we are actually facing is an economic war in peacetime. The west, south and north of East Africa must develop. These areas have fallen far behind the central and eastern parts of our country, so I know your difficulties," Ernst said.

 The current national work in East Africa is similar to the "three-front" construction of the Far Eastern Empire. The main development directions happen to be three, corresponding to the west, south and north, so it can be summarized as "three-part" construction.

Of course, there is a very big difference between the two, that is, in East Africa’s “three-line” construction, the dominant indicators are population and agriculture, while the main indicators in the third-line construction of the Far Eastern Empire are industry, especially the defense and military industry.

  After all, the population of the Far Eastern Empire was already saturated, and even the remote areas had a large population at that time. In the "Three Regions" of East Africa, even the population was an important resource, and the problem of "population and non-population" had to be solved first.

After the population is settled, agricultural development will naturally follow. Otherwise, the existing farmland alone cannot solve the problem of food and clothing, unless the fields in the central and eastern regions that have been transformed into cash crops are turned into farmland for growing food crops.

This is obviously impossible. As an important economic source in East Africa, the area of ​​cash crop cultivation will only increase, not decrease. After all, East Africa wants to be the hegemonic country of cash crops.

 As long as the existing cultivated land remains unchanged, it is natural to cultivate new cultivated land, and the development of cultivated land is inseparable from the population factor, so the two are complementary to each other.

This also means that the scale of East Africa's food exports will become smaller in the future. After all, during the period of population migration, the output of food from newly reclaimed land will definitely take time. It will also be accompanied by the construction of various infrastructure projects in East Africa, including transportation and farmland water conservancy construction. Part of it consumes a huge amount of food.

However, the reduction in grain exports will have little impact on East Africa. First, international grain prices have been at low levels all year round, and profits are inherently low. Secondly, East Africa is also a country with excess grain production. It would be a good thing if excess grain production capacity could be consumed through population migration and engineering construction.

Of course, in the future, as the area of ​​new cultivated land in East Africa expands, food production will definitely increase significantly. This is not a big problem. After all, the population of East Africa is also growing rapidly. By the end of this century, the population of East Africa is likely to exceed 80 million.

Although the "three-part" construction also involves the industrial field, it is very different from the "third-line" construction. The industries transferred in the third-line construction were all the top high-quality industries in the Far East Empire at that time, while East Africa only transferred backward industries. In addition to expanding the East African industrial system In addition to quantity, there is also the need for industrial upgrading in the central and eastern regions.

 And even the backward industries have not all been transferred. Currently, the industries in many East African cities are based on mineral resources.

 In this case, if the transfer destination does not have corresponding minerals, it will definitely not work. Therefore, not all of the backward industries eliminated in the central and eastern regions will be eliminated, but only part of them.

Furthermore, the relocation and upgrading of backward industries cannot be accomplished overnight. They also correspond to the population migration in East Africa and will take several years.

In fact, with the help of this large-scale immigration, East Africa will develop the "three regions" of west, south and north while also increasing the industrial scale and urban population of East Africa. Cities like Luanda, Beira, Bangui and other cities will benefit.

 The "three-part" construction is actually a comprehensive systematic optimization of domestic construction in East Africa. When it is completed, East Africa's domestic population, cities, industry, agriculture, transportation, etc. will be more balanced.

This is also the process of consolidating the "foundation" in East Africa. After the construction of the "three parts" is completed, the East African economy will enter a new level. In the next stage, what Ernst has to consider is the comprehensive industrialization of East Africa.

 (End of this chapter)