African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1039 Harare City Industrial and Agricultural Development Plan

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

However, just like the basic power industry, East Africa has not yet achieved nationwide electricity access, and the popularization and promotion of household appliances will only be slower than the speed of electricity access. After all, areas where there is no electricity cannot use so-called household appliances.

Currently, the cities with the most developed home appliance manufacturing industry in East Africa are Mbeya, New Frankfurt, Lusaka, Kissan, Mombasa, Nairobi, Mwanza, Dar es Salaam, and then it will be the turn of Harare.

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

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

Therefore, Antalede 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 home appliance manufacturing industry and the power equipment manufacturing industry to accelerate our city into the era of electrification."

"According to the requirements of the Second Five-Year Plan, our city must actively cooperate with the central government's policies to implement and put into production thirteen new key industrial construction projects in our city, including the (Bohemia) Province No. 1 Electric Manufacturing Plant, the Harare City Refrigeration Plant, the (Bohemia) Province No. 2 Cotton Textile Factory, the Harare City Medical Equipment Manufacturing Plant, etc."

“In addition, in order to cooperate with the expansion project of Harare Special Steel Plant, the Provincial Iron and Steel Materials Research Institute will be established in our city, which will become the third professional iron and steel materials research institute in the country.”

As the largest province in East Africa's steel industry, Bohemia Province has a large share 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 lags behind Mbeya and New Hamburg.

It is understandable that it lags behind Mbeya, after all, Mbeya has a longer history than Harare and was an important regional capital in East Africa as early as the colonial period. However, it is indeed embarrassing for Harare to be overtaken by the up-and-coming New Hamburg Port City.

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

During the First Five-Year Plan, Tete's steel industry achieved leapfrog growth, from obscurity before the First Five-Year Plan to becoming the steel capital of East Africa. Tete Province's First Steel Plant and Second Steel Plant are both located in the provincial capital, Tete. They are both the largest and most technologically advanced steel companies in East Africa, ranking second and fourth in the country respectively.

In terms of provinces, Bohemia is the largest province in East Africa in terms of steel production, but the steel companies in Bohemia are relatively scattered and not all of them have completed technological upgrades.

Of course, due to its early development, Harare's steel industry still has its strengths. For example, in the manufacturing of special steel, although it lags behind Mbeya and New Hamburg Port, it ranks ahead of other cities in East Africa. In addition, Harare has relatively superior educational resources, so the third steel materials research institute was 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 complete vehicle manufacturing center in the province, our city has a very heavy task. In 1904, our country's automobile production exceeded one million vehicles for the first time. During the Second Five-Year Plan, the development of the automobile industry will obviously continue to flourish. Therefore, during the Second Five-Year Plan, we will continue to promote the development of Sanqi. It is an important figure for us during the Second Five-Year Plan."

The so-called "Third Automobile" refers to the Third Automobile Manufacturing Plant of the Rhine Empire, formerly the Third Automobile Manufacturing Plant of the East African Kingdom. Its headquarters is in Harare and it is one of the seven largest automobile manufacturers in East Africa.

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

Of course, although the headquarters of Sanqi is located 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 the final assembly. For example, the tires of Sanqi's "Zebra" brand cars come from Kisan, the rubber industry center of East Africa, the car glass comes from Nairobi, and the engine is provided by New Frankfurt. However, most of the parts are mainly produced in towns in Bohemian Province, of which Harare provides about 47% of the parts.

There are more than 30 factories in Harare serving Sanqi, which also shows the importance of the automobile industry to Harare. Therefore, promoting the expansion of Sanqi's production capacity and providing related services are important tasks that the Harare Municipal Government cannot ignore.

"In the agricultural sector, we will continue to promote the development of agricultural mechanization in our city, so we must increase the demand for orders from the provincial first tractor manufacturing plant, and at the same time promote the development of our city's chemical industry, especially the production of pesticides and fertilizers. At the same time, we will actively promote the construction of ranch infrastructure in the western suburbs, develop suburban agriculture and animal husbandry, ensure the supply of grain, meat, vegetables and other agricultural products in the urban area during the Second Five-Year Plan, promote the research of new products in the tobacco factory, and make new contributions to our city's exports."

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

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

In 1905 alone, the tobacco-growing area in Harare accounted for percent of the country's total tobacco-growing area, which is a very high figure.

Because of the climate of East Africa, many places in East Africa are suitable for tobacco cultivation. For example, Lorraine Province in the southwest of Bohemia, Hohenzollern Province in the northwest, and Central Province in the north are all large tobacco growers. The scale of tobacco cultivation in Tete Province in the northeast is also not small. Only the eastern and southeastern Mozambique regions have smaller planting scales, and these are only the provinces surrounding Bohemia.

Therefore, the tobacco planting industry in East Africa is relatively complex, but the tobacco leaves in the Bohemian Province are of the best quality, so tobacco leaves and cigarettes in the Bohemian Province are important agricultural and industrial export products in East Africa.

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

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

The Bohemian Province is also actively developing the cotton textile industry. In fact, Matabele Province (Zimbabwe) was previously the second largest cotton-growing area in East Africa.

However, after the southwestern region headed by Bulawayo was incorporated into the Lorraine Province, the cotton textile industry in the former Matabele Province was divided into two parts, and the area around Bulawayo accounted for about 70% of the cotton planting in the former Matabele Province.

Therefore, the Bohemian Provincial Government, which considers itself to be the successor to the core of Matabele Province, plans to expand the cotton planting area in the western part of Bohemia Province.

The climate in the western part of Bohemia and the eastern part of Lorraine is similar. Both places are suitable for cotton planting and animal husbandry development in terms of precipitation and sunshine. In contrast, the eastern part of Bohemia mainly develops crops such as wheat and tobacco.

It is mainly considered from the perspective of precipitation. The eastern part, with Harare as the core, has an oceanic climate and was also the wettest area in Zimbabwe in the past. The western part is deep inland, so it is more continental and relatively dry.

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