African Entrepreneurship Record

In the 21st century, many household 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 East Africa, as the world's largest power country, is also ahead of other countries in the field of household appliance manufacturing.

However, just like the basic power industry, East Africa has not yet achieved nationwide electricity popularization, and the popularization and promotion of household appliances will only be slower than the popularization and promotion of electricity. After all, areas where electricity is not available cannot use so-called household appliances.

At present, the most developed cities in East Africa's household appliance manufacturing industry are Mbeya, New Frankfurt, Lusaka, Kisan, Mombasa, Nairobi, Mwanza, Dar es Salaam, and then it will be Harare's turn.

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

Electrification will undoubtedly have a significant alternative effect on the current steam, and it is one of the important directions of industrial upgrading.

So Antalede said: "On the one hand, we must continue to promote the growth of power generation in the city, and on the other hand, we must vigorously develop the development of home appliance manufacturing and power equipment manufacturing industries to accelerate the 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 the (Bohemia) Province No. 1 Electric Manufacturing Plant, Harare City Refrigeration Plant, (Bohemia) Province No. 2 Cotton Textile Factory, Harare City Medical Equipment Production Plant... and other thirteen new key industrial construction projects in our city to complete and put into production."

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

As the largest province in East Africa's steel industry, Bohemia Province has a large proportion of steel industry and ranks first in the country in terms of scale, but in the field of special steel research and development, Harare City lags behind Mbeya City and New Hamburg Port City.

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 a shame for Harare to be overtaken by the up-and-coming New Hamburg.

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

During the First Five-Year Plan, the steel industry in Tete achieved a leapfrog growth. From obscurity before the First Five-Year Plan, it directly counterattacked to become the steel capital of East Africa. The first and second steel plants in Tete Province are both located in the provincial capital, Tete, and are the largest and most technologically advanced steel enterprises in East Africa, ranking second and fourth in the country respectively.

In terms of provincial scope, Bohemia Province is the largest province in East Africa in terms of steel production, but the steel enterprises in Bohemia Province are relatively scattered, and not all of them have completed technical upgrades.

Of course, due to its early development, Harare's steel industry still has its own advantages. For example, in the manufacture of special steel, although it lags behind Mbeya and New Hamburg, it ranks ahead of other cities in East Africa. In addition, Harare has relatively superior educational resources, so the third steel material research institute can be established in Harare.

"At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and the provincial government will further support the development of our province's automobile manufacturing industry. As the only vehicle manufacturing center in the province, our city has a very heavy task. In 1904, my country's automobile production exceeded one million 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, continuing to promote the development of Sanqi is an important figure for us during the Second Five-Year Plan."

The so-called "Sanqi" is the Third Automobile Manufacturing Plant of the Rhine Empire, formerly the Third Automobile Manufacturing Plant of the Kingdom of East Africa. 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 150,000 vehicles, ranking fourth among East African automobile companies, and promoted the development of many industries in the province of Bohemia.

Of course, although Sanqi's headquarters 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 its final assembly.

For example, Sanqi's "Zebra" brand cars have tires from Kisan, the rubber industry center of East Africa, car glass from Nairobi, and engines from 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 the development of the agricultural field, Harare will inevitably have to rely on the tobacco industry.

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

In 1905 alone, the tobacco planting area in Harare accounted for 25% of the total tobacco planting area in the country, which is a very high number.

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

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

The main sales destinations are the 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 field of cotton textile industry, we must 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 products or semi-finished products."

Bohemia Province is also actively developing the cotton textile industry. In fact, Matabele Province (Zimbabwe) used to be the second largest cotton planting area in East Africa.

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

Therefore, the Bohemia Provincial Government, which believes that it has inherited the core of Matabele Province, intends 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 regardless of precipitation or sunshine. Correspondingly, the eastern part of Bohemia mainly develops crops such as wheat and tobacco.

Mainly from the perspective of precipitation, the eastern part with Harare as the core has a marine climate and is also the wettest area in Zimbabwe in the past. The western part is deep inland, so it is more continental and relatively dry.