African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1267 The Secret of Success
This is not an empty statement. As the descendants of Nicholas II, the three men are obviously much more knowledgeable than ordinary people. Although Russia's economy and industry rank relatively backward among the great powers, this is only compared with other powerful countries.

Maria, Anastasia and Alexei have lived in St. Petersburg for a long time. As the most economically developed region in Russia, St. Petersburg is not inferior to other European countries in terms of construction.

However, this trip to East Africa still allowed them to directly see the huge gap between Russia and East Africa, which started with their route to East Africa.

The three of them went to East Africa. In order to avoid the war zone, they did not choose to start from the Baltic Sea. After all, the west side of the Baltic Sea had to pass through German waters.

Ukraine and Eastern Europe were also on the front lines of the war, so when the three men arrived in East Africa, they chose to depart from the eastern port of the Black Sea.

To get from St. Petersburg to the Black Sea coast, one must inevitably pass through the heartland of Russia. The further east one goes, the lower the level of economic and industrial development. This also led to the three people seeing the true national conditions of Russia to a certain extent.

After arriving in East Africa, what I saw and heard along the Central Railway was in stark contrast to the real situation I had seen in Russia before.

Of course, this is definitely an unfair victory for East Africa. After all, the East African Central Railway has always been the most economically developed region in East Africa, which is a bit like Tian Ji's horse racing.

Naturally, Maria and the other two could not understand the hidden mystery. After all, they lacked knowledge of the conditions in East Africa.

Alexey said: "I feel that East Africa is much more advanced than Russia, especially along the railway. Tractors, cars and other machinery are commonly used on East African farms, but they are rare in Russia, even though it is winter in Russia at this time."

Winter naturally means that agricultural activities in Russia basically stop, but East Africa, as a tropical country, naturally has no such concerns.

Therefore, comparing the busy farming season in East Africa with the slack farming season in Russia does not prove anything, but the people in the family know their own business. The cars on the farms in East Africa cannot deceive people. Just because it is winter in Russia, all the cars in the country will not stop running.

Of course, this mainly refers to cargo trucks, not cars. If the number of cars is compared, Russia will lose miserably.

"And the level of electricity penetration in East Africa is obviously much higher than that in Russia. We have seen a large number of power facilities in East Africa. Basically, every village along the Central Railway has access to electricity. The level of electrification in East African cities and towns is even more amazing."

"Basically, we can see wires and poles everywhere, interwoven into a complex power grid. On both sides of the railway alone, there are many electrical equipment and lines whose uses we cannot understand."

"The situation is even more exaggerated in big cities. The electrification level in Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, and Rhine is even more amazing. Electricity has become a necessity for every household in East Africa."

The word "electrification" was naturally a word that Alexei learned from Maxim. Alexei and other members of the Russian royal family were actually not unfamiliar with the popularization of electricity.

But they are well aware of the huge gap between Russia and East Africa in this regard. After all, in Russia, only cities have the conditions to promote the popularization of electricity.

In most parts of Russia, gas lamps, kerosene lamps, candles, and even firewood are still used for lighting. Once night falls, most parts of Russia will fall into darkness.

However, East Africa has a large amount of electricity to supply street lights at night, which makes the big cities in East Africa basically become cities that never sleep.

Maxim said: "This is because we in East Africa have an early layout for electrification. As early as the last century, East Africa regarded power and electrical research as an important direction for the country's future development."

"After entering the 20th century, the concept of national electrification was proposed. Subsequently, under the leadership of the government, a large number of new power facilities were built across the country, allowing East Africa's power generation to continue to set new records."

"So East Africa's current achievements in electrification are just a few steps ahead of other countries. As time goes by, other countries should be able to catch up in the future." "Just like the first industrial revolution, it only happened in the UK at the beginning, but as time goes by, it will eventually spread to other parts of the world."

Maxim was not speaking nonsense. After all, Germany, the United States, and even France were not bad in the research of electricity. It was just that their promotion and popularization efficiency was not as fast as that in East Africa.

Especially in the construction of the power sector, East Africa's investment is quite large, which is unmatched by other countries, although they have many power companies.

However, when comparing these power companies with the state machinery in East Africa, it is clear that the latter can achieve huge results in a short period of time.

After all, enterprises have to bear risks in the early stages, and if they are not careful, they may suffer losses and go bankrupt. However, the state machinery like that of East Africa is much stronger in its ability to bear risks in promoting the electrification process.

What's more, investment in the power sector is definitely beneficial overall, so the East African government does not care about some early failures and minor risks.

Princess Maria said: "Compared with your country, Russia's development progress in some areas is indeed unsatisfactory, and East Africa has always been a major power producer in the world. We in Russia also import a lot of electronic products and equipment from East Africa."

East Africa is well-known worldwide for the development of its electricity and electrical appliance industries. After all, in this field, East Africa has ranked first in the world for more than ten years.

Although Ernst founded the Hechingen Group early on and laid out plans for the power industry, the real explosion of the East African power and electrical industry was in the late 1990s.

This period was also when East African education began to bear fruit. Factors such as the return of a large number of overseas students, the construction of local universities, the popularization of compulsory education, and the introduction of talents in related fields from various countries allowed East Africa to finally widen the gap with the United States and Germany in the early twentieth century.

In the last century, the United States and Germany were actually competitive with East Africa in the electricity sector. After all, East Africa started late, had a weak industrial base, and especially a relative lack of talent.

And the turning point of everything seemed to have occurred after the South African War. It can be said that the South African War was a battle for the destiny of East Africa. Since the South African War, the development of East Africa has been out of control.

In just over 20 years, China has surpassed Britain and the United States to become the world's largest industrial country. This is definitely an amazing miracle. After all, in the early 1990s, the United States had just snatched the throne of the world's largest industrial country from the British.

It is not surprising that the United States has become the world's largest industrial country. It can even be taken for granted. After all, it took the United States more than two hundred years from its founding to become the world's largest industrial country.

Even if we count East Africa's colonial history, it is only half a century old. In a real sense, it has only taken a few decades to complete a journey that took other countries hundreds of years.

Of course, what should be thanked most is the generosity of the "black people". Without their "selfless dedication", East Africa would not have been able to easily obtain such a vast and fertile land, let alone easily obtain tens of millions of free labor at almost no cost.

The "selfless contribution" of tens of millions of black people over the past few decades is the fundamental factor for the rapid economic and industrial development of East Africa in the past few decades. They helped East Africa complete land reclamation and engineering construction at the lowest cost, and relied on "black slaves" to complete the primitive accumulation of capital in East Africa.

This was also the reason why East Africa was able to promote the first two five-year plans in the early 20th century, thereby rapidly expanding the scale of industry in a short period of time, making East Africa quickly become an industrial power.

If it weren't for the decades-long oppression and exploitation of tens of millions of black slaves, it would probably have taken East Africa decades to achieve today's results, and it would have also run the risk of regime collapse. After all, immigrants are not like black slaves who can be exploited by the East African government.

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