African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1071 The End of the Plan
The importance of East Africa to Germany is self-evident. As Germany's arch-enemy, France can be said to be the country that understands Germany best. This understanding goes deep into Germany's economy, military, politics and other fields.

East Africa is Germany's main supplier of cotton, rubber, sugar and various mineral resources. If the relationship between East Africa and Germany changes negatively, it will deal a serious blow to Germany's economy and industry.

Of course, it is obviously not easy to destroy the relationship between East Africa and Germany, and the French government can only do it slowly.

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Time passed quickly and it was already the beginning of 1910, which also meant that the East African plan had officially come to an end.

As countries around the world, especially Germany and France, pay special attention to East Africa, East African governments are also speeding up the summary of the construction achievements of their own plans.

East Africa is eager for Germany, France and other countries to give more chips that are beneficial to the development of East Africa in order to win over East Africa, so it is happy to see the competition from Germany, France and other countries. From the beginning, Ernst and the East African government have been sitting on the Diaoyutai.

Therefore, compared with international disputes, East Africa is more concerned about the development of its own industry and economy.

Like the First Five-Year Plan, most of the projects in the East Africa Plan were completed ahead of schedule, and some projects exceeded the plan, with only a very small number of projects not being completed.

Currently, the plan has been completed by more than 97 percent, and East Africa will make corresponding adjustments to its own industry based on specific circumstances and begin preparations for the Three-Five Plan.

Luo Song said: "At present, my country's annual steel production has exceeded 10 million tons, second only to the United States and Germany in the world. The specific figure of steel production last year was 10.87 million tons, which has achieved the steel production target during the planning period."

In 1909, the United States' steel production reached more than 1908 million tons, ranking first in the world. In fact, in , the United States' steel production was even higher, reaching more than million tons. However, due to the impact of the economic crisis, it has now declined.

In 1909, Germany's steel production reached more than 1909 million tons, ranking second in the world. In , the steel production of East Africa and Germany combined was less than that of the United States.

Britain's steel production continued to remain at more than 6 million tons. As early as the beginning of the East Africa Plan, Britain's annual steel production was more than 6 million tons, and there has been basically no progress in recent years.

France and the Austro-Hungarian Empire made great progress, with their steel production exceeding 3 million tons and 2 million tons respectively. France successfully squeezed out Russia and ranked fifth in the world. Russia's current annual steel production is slightly lower than that of France, but is also around 3 million tons.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire squeezed out Belgium and ranked seventh in the world, also winning by a slight advantage. Belgium's steel production has reached nearly two million tons, which has a lot to do with the iron ore resources in the Belgian Congo colony.

In addition to importing iron ore from its colonies, Belgium also built a steel mill in the Belgian Congo. A large portion of its orders came from East Africa and the steel mills were exported to western and northwestern East Africa.

There are many colonies similar to the Belgian Congo, especially Canada, a British colony, and India, where steel production has developed significantly. In fact, there was also South Africa in history. After all, South Africa had rich coal and iron ore resources in the past, and now these resources mainly serve East Africa itself.

However, even if the British colonies' steel production is included, it will not exceed 8 million tons. Except for Canada and India, the steel production of other colonies is almost negligible.

Australia has good conditions and is rich in coal and iron ore resources, but it still serves as Britain's "prison" and is far less developed than Canada, which is adjacent to the United States. Its population shortcoming is particularly obvious.

At present, there is actually not much difference between East Africa's steel production and Germany's. By the Third Five-Year Plan period, the East African government is very confident that it will surpass Germany in steel production.

"my country's steel industry has not only achieved a breakthrough in output, but also formed a multi-core development advantage, with numerous steel production bases formed in the central, eastern, western, southern and northeastern regions." "Emerging steel industrial cities such as Cabinda and Mogadishu have been formed, providing a basic guarantee for my country's industrial and infrastructure construction."

"The substantial increase in the production of special steel has provided basic conditions for my country's military manufacturing, shipbuilding, etc., and has also greatly expanded my country's international steel market, forming a number of competitive steel varieties for export."

"During the same period, my country's coal production increased by nearly 200 million tons, also reaching the world's top level."

At the same time, East Africa's domestic coal production ranked fourth in the world, after the United States, Britain and Germany.

Among them, it is worth noting that the United Kingdom ranks second in the world in domestic coal production, surpassing Germany and East Africa, but its steel production is far less than that of Germany and East Africa.

The reason for this difference, in addition to the relatively backward steel smelting technology in the UK, is also because the proportion of domestic coal energy in the UK is higher.

Especially in Germany, the United States and East Africa, which have begun to use electricity on a large scale to replace coal as factory power, East Africa has gone a step further, with a significant increase in oil, natural gas and electricity.

Many factories in the UK still use steam engines as power. In addition, European and American countries have heating and fuel needs in winter, so the status of coal in their domestic energy is higher than that in East Africa.

As a tropical country, most parts of East Africa do not have winter, so there is naturally no need for winter heating. In terms of fuel, East Africa is also relatively diversified. In addition to using coal, it also includes plant straw, electricity, natural gas and other methods.

Plant straw is mainly used in rural areas, while electricity is mainly used in some household appliances, the most typical of which are rice cookers and water heaters, etc., and natural gas is also widely used in many cities.

Therefore, in East African energy, the status of coal is declining faster than in other countries. The most important thing is the popularization and promotion of electricity and natural gas.

At the same time, fuel also involves areas such as travel and agriculture. For example, in the field of railway locomotives, European and American countries still mainly rely on steam locomotives, while East Africa is already dominated by diesel locomotives.

Of course, East Africa's coal production has not been negatively affected by the decline in the status of coal. Coal production continues to rise year by year, and this year is expected to break through the 200 million ton mark. The demand for metal smelting, power generation, etc. is relatively strong. In addition, East Africa is already in a stage of rapid population growth, so the demand is naturally not small.

"my country's steel industry and coal mining industry are closely related. The breakthrough in both steel and coal production shows that East Africa's industrial strength among the world's major powers has been further enhanced. From the perspective of total volume alone, my country's industrial scale is second only to the United States and Germany."

"This also reflects the problem of low industrial output value in my country. Based on my country's steel production, my country's industrial scale should not be weaker than that of Britain and France, but its industrial output value is far below expectations, especially in light industry. Although great progress has been made during the planning period, the gap with European and American countries is still obvious."

It is not just East Africa that faces this problem. The United States and Germany do the same. However, the United States has a large economy and the most complete industrial system, so the problem is not prominent. East Africa and Germany are different. The industrial scale of Germany and East Africa is definitely larger than that of Britain and France, but there is still much room for improvement in profits.

Germany's main response is to develop the financial industry. After all, compared with the United States and East Africa, German industry is subject to local restrictions. The variety of its mineral resources is certainly not as rich as that of East Africa and the United States, and the total amount of minerals is not as much as that of the two countries. Although the land area of ​​Britain and France is not too large, they have overseas colonies.

As for East Africa, it should continue to intensify the transformation and upgrading of its light industry, while developing mid- to high-end products to increase industrial added value, thereby increasing the country's overall industrial output value.

(End of this chapter)