Through the wealth life

Chapter 1321 Entering the East African Market
The turmoil in Somalia continues, and the US government is pushing the United Nations to send additional joint forces to Somalia to maintain internal stability in Somalia.

Perhaps because of the unwillingness to stay inland, Somalia has launched an attack on the two states of Middle Juba and Lower Juba these days.

To say that the armed weapons in Somalia are really not that good. Except for a few old fighter jets in the hands of the government, the various forces don’t even have many tanks and artillery. They basically have some light weapons and rockets in their hands.

At such a moment, Zhang Ziyu, the governor of Bentley Island, went to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to attend the five-nation joint meeting of Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, Uganda and Tanzania.

This meeting has nothing to do with Somalia, this is a meeting facilitated by the East African Affairs Office of the Graduate School of Politics, which aims to develop the internal economies of several countries.

Among them, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania are all members of the Commonwealth of Nations. As the Governor of the British Overseas Territories, Zhang Ziyu attended this meeting in the past.

Of course, this time it’s not just Zhang Ziyu, the Minister of Commerce in England, the chairman of the board of directors of the Royal Bank of England, the chairman of the board of directors of Xingyuan Group, Zhao Xiaoyan, the chairman of the board of directors of West Australian Steel Group, Gu Zhengsheng, the chairman of the board of directors of HSBC Bank, Xiu Dalan, Guo Lingming, Chairman of the Board of Heungkong Electric Group, Du Yuemei, Chairman of the Board of Kowloon Group, Chairman of the Board of Rio Tinto Group, Zhou Zhigang, Chairman of the Board of Heungkong Petrochemical Group, etc.

This is currently the major banks in England and Hong Kong and large groups in mining, oil, and infrastructure investment, and these are also in urgent need of several countries in East Africa.

These five countries are all extremely underdeveloped regions, and they need funds to support them, and they also need some enterprises to come and invest.

In a conference room in a large hotel in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, senior government officials from the five countries and Zhang Ziyu and others gathered to communicate and discuss cooperation between several parties.

The first content this time is the East African Development Bank, which was jointly established by Tianyu Bank, HSBC, Royal Bank of England, Standard Chartered Bank, Hongkong Bank, Hsinchu Bank and the central banks of the five countries, with a registered capital of 20 billion US dollars.

Among them, the banks of the five countries each invested 5 million U.S. dollars, occupying 7.5% of the shares, Tianyu, Xiangjiang, Hsinchu and England, Standard Chartered, and HSBC split half and half, and each invested 37.5 million U.S. dollars, occupying [-]% of the shares.

Tianyu Bank invested 3.5 million U.S. dollars, Xiangjiang and Hsinchu each contributed 2 million U.S. dollars, and the other party was divided equally among the three, and one family contributed 2.5 million U.S. dollars.

Tianyu Bank accounts for 17.5% of the shares and is the largest individual shareholder of the East African Development Bank. However, the chairman of the board of directors is Will Beers, the deputy general manager of the Royal Bank of England. Director of the Board of Directors.

This bank mainly provides financial support for the governments and enterprises of the five countries, and provides assistance for their domestic economic development.

In the next few days, the leaders of the major groups held unilateral and multilateral talks with various countries. Zhang Ziyu was very busy these days. She led the leaders of the Lee Consortium to communicate with various countries.

The reason why it is her instead of Du Yuemei and Yuan Tianfan is mainly because Zhang Ziyu will be stationed in Bentley Island in the future and officially perform her duties as governor. At the same time, she will also be the person in charge of the affairs of East Africa, South Asia, and West Asia of the Lee Consortium.

The location of Bentley Island is really good. It is very close to these three places. It is very suitable for Zhang Ziyu to preside over the affairs of several places on Bentley Island.

This time the Lee consortium did not come empty-handed. In order to express their support for their own political parties in their country, major groups have invested heavily in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. As for Ethiopia and Djibouti, they are the focus of British capital. investment area.

In order to strengthen the transportation construction of the three countries, the Jiulong Group invested in the construction of the railway from the coastal city of Mombasa in Kenya to the capital Nairobi and continued westward to Kampala.

At the same time, the railway from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania, the railway from Mombasa to Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, and the railway from Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania, to Dar es Salaam will be built.

Among them, the Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala railway and the Dodoma-Dar es Salaam railway will be built first. After these two are completed, the other two will be built.

In addition to transportation, Bentley Group has established a Linghu automobile production base in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group has established an oil refining and fertilizer production base here, and Western Australia Steel Corporation has established a steel production base here.

Nanhua Food and Beverage Group established a food and beverage industrial park in Mombasa, Kenya, mainly for tea processing, various tea beverages, coffee production, and biscuit production.

Hengyu Supermarket Group signed a cooperation agreement with the Kenyan government to boost the sales of Kenyan flowers to the world, and the main market is Western Europe.

Feiyu Clothing Group invested [-] million US dollars in Mombasa to establish a large-scale clothing and footwear production base here, and its products are mainly supplied to Africa and Europe.

In terms of cooperation in Uganda, it is mainly cooperation in tourism and agricultural products. At the same time, considering Uganda's rich hydropower resources, Xiangjiang Electric Lighting Group will build a large-scale hydropower station in Uganda. In addition to meeting Uganda's needs, the excess electricity will be sold to Tanzania and Kenya .

On the last day of the national meeting, all parties focused on the world situation, the situation in Africa and the situation in Somalia. Kenya is worried that the civil strife in Somalia will affect its stability. Now it has blocked the border from Kenya to Somalia.

Due to their limited armed forces, Kenyan high-level officials hope that England can give them some help.

After all the British troops withdrew from Kenya in 1964, military planes still had the right to pass through the Kenyan territory, and they had the right to conduct military exercises in Kenya twice a year, so Kenya was still protected by the British to a certain extent.

The British Minister of Commerce said: "I will report this to the cabinet, and please believe that we in England will never ignore everyone's safety. You can also contact Ms. Zhang. Bentley Island is not weak now, and it is far away from you. The side is not far away, and the Phantom 2000c can fly here."

Naturally, Zhang Ziyu would not directly respond to this matter. They were unwilling to take over things that were not beneficial. It was okay to ask Bentley Island to contribute, and the benefits must be taken.

She said aloud: "Sir, as a British Overseas Territory, our Bentley Island is now under our own defense, and the pressure is already very high. If we have to take care of this side now, our strength and funds will be unsustainable. I hope that the Sir can silence the cabinet and provide us with a military budget for Bentley Island every year that is sufficient to support the defense of Bentley Island."

The Minister of Commerce of England ignored Zhang Ziyu's words. Just kidding, the military armed forces on Bentley Island are the private troops of the Lee Consortium, so they will not use money to support the armed forces of the Li Consortium.

Moreover, Zhang Ziyu said that he has no money, but it is just an excuse. The Li Consortium is now investing everywhere, but has not found any problems with the Li Consortium's capital chain, and even has no loans. There are not many countries in the world that can compare with the Li Consortium.

For example, Uganda's annual military expenditure is less than 5000 million US dollars, and Tanzania, the largest, is only [-] million US dollars. Although the Li's consortium has fewer troops, the military expenditure is not much at all.

Take Uganda as an example, if it is against Bentley Island, it will definitely not be the opponent of Bentley Island.

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(End of this chapter)