African Entrepreneurship Record

On the same day that the Australian personnel arrived in Dar es Salaam, the Far East Empire government's official and civilian personnel also arrived here smoothly.

"That should be the beacon of civilization! I heard that it is the landmark building of Dar es Salaam. We should have arrived at our destination."

"Is this Dar es Salaam? It is indeed the most powerful country on the Indian Ocean coast."

"Just looking at the outline of this city from a distance, you can see that this country in East Africa is not bad. I heard that Mombasa and Dar es Salaam are not far apart."

After getting off the ship, the Far East Empire personnel praised all the way. It can be said that Dar es Salaam is the most developed city they have encountered along the way.

Although there are some large cities in Southeast Asia and India, their urban construction is quite chaotic and slums are rampant, which is obviously not the case in Dar es Salaam.

The entire urban area is full of modern and traditional buildings, well-planned, everyone is full of energy, the market is very active, and the city's various rules operate smoothly, which is completely different from the Indian Ocean and other Far East countries.

Many citizens of the Far Eastern Empire came to East Africa for the first time. However, compared with the Chinese immigrants who were "tricked" by East Africa more than 50 years ago and squeezed into the cabin like sardines, the Far Eastern Empire would not understand East Africa as a "barbarian on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean".

After the South African War, East Africa naturally became a country with a strong influence in international status, so starting in 1890, many people of the Far Eastern Empire went to East Africa to learn from it.

However, Ernst did not advocate this approach at that time. Although East Africa defeated Britain more than 20 years ago and seemed to be not to be underestimated, it was just a situation where there was no tiger in the mountain and the monkey claimed to be the king on the African continent.

At that time, the economic situation in East Africa did not even open up a gap with Japan, and the industrial scale was only one level stronger than that of the Far Eastern Empire. A large amount of land in the country had not been effectively developed.

Although the industry has developed to a certain scale, the technical content is not high. In addition to the initial foundation of the defense industry, there are almost no mid-to-high-end industries. A large amount of technology comes from Europe or the Hexingen Consortium. It is a typical "copycat industrial country".

So at that time, you could hardly learn anything from East Africa. From the institutional level, East Africa was a backward and conservative feudal monarchy. From the ideological level, East Africa was even more of a desert of progressive ideas. From the economic level, East Africa, which was dominated by a non-free market at that time, was far less economically active than European and American countries.

So apart from the military, there was almost nothing to learn from East Africa at that time, and the cost-effectiveness of studying in East Africa was far less than studying in European and American countries at that time.

So the East African government did not support the Far East Empire government at that time to send people to study in East Africa, but would recommend them to go to Germany or the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

After all, the Far East Empire government was still the Qing government at that time. As a feudal monarchy, they did not oppose their people to study in East Africa, but they did not expect the East African government to refuse.

This situation did not change until the beginning of this century. Starting in 1901, the East African government officially recruited the first batch of Far East Empire students, because at that time East Africa's industry had begun to take shape, and industries such as electricity and machinery had certain advantages, science and technology had made great progress, and the results in the field of education were also very outstanding, and a number of high-quality universities were built.

At that time, the First Five-Year Plan of East Africa was launched, and the economy and industry of East Africa entered the fast lane of development, with rapid development of railways, highways, cities, etc.

Only at this time can you really learn a lot of "progressive" things when entering East Africa, taking the "Five-Year Plan" of East Africa as an example.

This industrial development model, which is very different from that of European and American countries, can obviously bring different thinking to the people of the Far East Empire, breaking the "free market theory" of industrial development model. It turns out that without free market competition, industry can also achieve great development. After all, the industrial development of East Africa is a typical case.

At the same time, East Africa's fully planned economic design system is also an institutional innovation. Although East Africa was also a planned economy in the last century, it was not convincing because of the low quality of the economic level.

When the time came to the beginning of this century, the situation was obviously different. East African industry had developed to a level that could not be ignored. At that time, East African industry was basically similar to many late-developing medium-level industrial countries. Perhaps this development still could not attract the attention of European and American countries, but it was completely different from the slow-developing Far East Empire.

In terms of industry and education in East Africa, there are many things that are worth learning from the Far East Empire.

Therefore, in 1900, after the East African government officially opened the channel for students from the Far Eastern Empire, a large number of Chinese people flocked to East Africa to study.

By 1915, the total number of students from the Far Eastern Empire studying in East Africa had reached more than 7,000. This scale was second only to the number of students studying in Japan among the students from the Far Eastern Empire. After all, Japan has the advantage of distance from the Far Eastern Empire.

An important reason for the large number of students from East Africa is that the distance is moderate, there is cultural relevance, and there is not much difference in diet, etc.

Among the students from the Far Eastern Empire to East Africa, there is no doubt that the Huaihai Economic Zone and the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone account for the majority, and almost 60% of the personnel come from these two places. East Africa is the preferred study abroad destination for the upper-class children of the two places, and East Africa will also organize relevant examinations to draw talents from these two places.

This time, the Far East Empire's exhibitors were received by its students studying in Dar es Salaam.

There are more than 600 Far East Empire students studying in Dar es Salaam, second only to Mombasa.

Wang Hailong, president of the Far East Empire Study Abroad Association of Dar es Salaam Polytechnic University, is also a student at Dar es Salaam Polytechnic University. He volunteered to participate in this event.

"Director Zhang, I didn't expect that the government would send you to East Africa to participate in this East African World Expo?" Wang Hailong said excitedly.

Chief Zhang: "I resigned in April this year, so I am just an idler at best, not worthy of the title of chief. I came to East Africa this time mainly to relax. After all, I have dealt with many East African businessmen, but I have never been to East Africa, so I am quite curious."

Wang Hailong: "Chief Zhang, you are too polite. You are a famous figure, and you are still sharp. I believe that this visit to East Africa will also satisfy you."

There is no doubt that Chief Zhang was once a big figure in the Far East Empire government, and he was quite famous in the Far East Empire, so Wang Hailong respected this old man very much.

However, Chief Zhang's age is a big problem after all, and he crossed the ocean and had a bumpy journey, so Wang Hailong dared not be careless.

"General Manager, please get in the car. This is the convoy arranged by the East African government. As a big country, East Africa has made a lot of preparations. There is no need to worry about the cost of this World Expo. Most of the funds are provided by the East African government."

Although the Far East Empire is not the focus of the East African government's strategy this time, its corresponding specifications are not much worse than those of Brazil, India, Australia, Argentina and the like. During the exhibition, the food, lodging and vehicles of the official personnel are provided by the East African government.

General Manager Zhang looked at the Alto car in front of him, and his heart was quite complicated, because his car in the Far East was also an Alto. As we all know, the automobile industry is East Africa's strength. Now he has finally arrived in this world-class industrial power to "learn from it".

Officials of the Far East Empire got on the car and began to browse the city of Dar es Salaam. Dar es Salaam, a developed city ranked among the best in the world, obviously had a great shock to the people of the Far East Empire.

Although the number of skyscrapers in East Africa is far less exaggerated than that in the United States, the contrast between high-rise buildings and low buildings in Dar es Salaam is more impactful. Coupled with the exaggerated number of cars and powerful infrastructure in Dar es Salaam, it is even more dazzling. It seems that everyone is living in a different world. Even the most developed city in the Far East Empire today has a huge gap with Dar es Salaam.