African Entrepreneurship Record

Of course, excavators appeared in East Africa much earlier, but the quality of the early products was really not flattering, and naturally there was no need for large-scale promotion.

Naturally, there are excavators in use in other parts of the world, but they are all mechanical excavators, which are big and bulky and are generally used in mines. Mechanical excavators are also used in some mines in East Africa, the most typical ones being coal mines. .

The flexibility of mechanical excavators is far less than that of hydraulic excavators, especially the flexible movement of the bucket, which often can only be carried out in simple up and down movements.

The flexibility of hydraulic excavators is very strong, which also benefits from the rich experience accumulated in tractor and tank manufacturing in East Africa.

The emergence of hydraulic excavators can be said to have changed the model of infrastructure construction in East Africa. This was also a major feature of the construction of Bell Port.

Of course, the application of hydraulic systems in East Africa is obviously not limited to this. Assembling it on trucks can realize the unloading work of transportation vehicles, especially when transporting earthwork, grain, stone and other items, which greatly improves the loading and unloading efficiency.

This is clearly reflected in the construction of Bell Port.

After Rob Kertz finished speaking, the workers in Bell Harbor began their own performances.

The first step is to drain the lake water. East African workers have enclosed the construction area with a dike, and then use high-power pumps to drain the lake water inside the dike.

Then, under the guidance of the commander, the excavator came in and began to dig out the silt one shovel after another, followed by the transport vehicles.

The excavator pours silt and normal soil into the body of the vehicle, and these transport vehicles haul the soil away.

Looking at the busy construction site, Robkocz couldn't help but sigh: "I can't believe that in just a few years, the current engineering construction model has undergone earth-shaking changes."

"I still remember when I just graduated from school more than 20 years ago, we didn't have the conditions we have now."

“All projects basically rely on people pulling on horses and carrying them on their shoulders and hands. But now an excavator can instantly dig out the amount of soil that took several people several minutes to dig. It is more difficult to do it manually in silt geology like this. "

"In the past, when we dug out mud and water, half of it could slip away with just one shovel. The efficiency was very slow, and the aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake were even more difficult to clean."

"And something like an excavator can remove water, mud, and aquatic plants with just one shovel. This is the real aesthetic of violence."

Robkotz's student said on the side: "The times are changing so fast. Since entering the 20th century, East Africa can be said to be different every day. When I was a child, there were not so many cars and mechanical equipment now."

"I feel that after the completion of the Second Five-Year Plan, East Africa has become very different from other industrial countries. Whether it is electricity, internal combustion machinery, home appliances, or automobiles and other industries, the empire has entered a period of explosion."

"In the 19th century, we were at the forefront of the world in these fields. At that time, there were countries such as the United States and Germany that were keeping pace with us. Now we are far ahead in these emerging industries."

Although East Africa's layout of emerging industries such as internal combustion engines and electricity was relatively early, its real development came after the 20th century.

After all, in the last century, East Africa's heritage was far inferior to that of the old industrial powers in Europe and the United States. After entering the 20th century, East Africa entered industrial transformation and the focus of economic development completely shifted from agriculture to industry, and the situation quickly changed.

Firstly, investment in education in the last century has entered a period of fruitful output, with a large number of qualified industrial workers and scientific researchers emerging. Secondly, primitive accumulation has been sufficient, and East African families are relatively strong in terms of funds. Finally, policies and strategic layouts, the two five-year plans have allowed East Africa has unofficially been promoted to the ranks of the world's top industrial powers, and the previously deployed industries have also entered an explosive period in line with the improvement of production efficiency in East Africa.

Robkotz said: "The empire is in a period of high development. Now European countries are at war with each other. After the war, the world structure will probably undergo major changes. It will be after the war is over that European countries will realize that The world has completely changed.”

"But these are not issues we should consider. The most important thing for us now is to complete the reconstruction and expansion of Bell Port."         "If the reconstruction and expansion of Bell Port goes smoothly, it will add more to our resume and experience. content, you should also learn more and accumulate some practical experience this time.”

“Although Bell Port has received national attention, before, the most important port in the entire Great Lakes region was Kisumu Port. I don’t know if the North Great Lakes Province can turn around under this Great Lakes Economic Belt policy. "

There are many cities surrounding the Great Lakes region, the most famous of which are Kisumu, Mwanza, Kampala and Kagera.

Kisumu belongs to the Prussian province and is located in Kenya in the previous life. This is why Kisumu has the ability to surpass many port cities in the Great Lakes region and become the largest city in the region.

This is mainly due to the geographical location of Kisumu City. Kisumu is the intermediate node connecting the Great Lakes and Mombasa railways. It can be said that in the past, most cargo and passenger traffic in the Great Lakes region must have passed through Kisumu City.

Moreover, Kisumu belongs to the east and is close to big cities such as Mombasa and Nairobi, which also facilitates contact and accumulation of industry and technology.

The North Great Lakes Province is naturally not willing to lag behind. After all, apart from the shortcomings of maritime transportation, the basic conditions of the Great Lakes Province are much better than those of Prussia.

But the cities in the Northern Great Lakes Province cannot even compare with Nairobi, let alone Kisumu, the second-ranked city in the Prussian Province. This is a bit unreasonable.

In recent years, with the decline of Nairobi's status, the Northern Great Lakes Province has also seen an opportunity to surpass the Prussian Province.

In the past, the confidence of the Northern Great Lakes Province was the development of the oil resources in Lake Albert and the rich reserves of other minerals in the province, which were not comparable to the Prussian Province.

The national canal plan, railway, highway construction, etc., make the Northern Great Lakes Province's access to the sea no longer the only channel, although in terms of cost, it is still the cheapest to go to the sea from Mombasa in the east.

Of course, the most important thing for the Northern Great Lakes Province is the policy support. With the proposal of the Great Lakes Economic Belt, the policy of vigorously developing the Great Lakes region during the "Fourth Five-Year Plan" in East Africa has been implemented, which can be said to have given the Northern Great Lakes Province an opportunity.

In order to surpass the Prussian Province, the Northern Great Lakes Province will focus on developing the provincial capital Kampala and the city of Entebbe next to Kampala, thus forming a twin star pattern in the Great Lakes region.

At the same time, it will use the oil resources of Lake Albert and the natural gas resources in the province to build the oil, gas and chemical industry clusters in the Northern Great Lakes Province, which is extremely important for the Northern Great Lakes Province.

After all, the north of East Africa is relatively short of energy. In the past and at present, the main energy in the world is still coal-based, which led to the early industrial bases in East Africa being basically distributed in the south, central and coastal areas of East Africa.

And emerging energy such as oil and natural gas can be said to be the most prominent energy resources in the Northern Great Lakes Province. With these emerging energy sources, the Northern Great Lakes Province can build a number of emerging industries.

Of course, due to the restrictions on arable land and ecological protection, the East African government's arrangement for the Northern Great Lakes Province is to focus on the development of medium and large cities in the province and improve land use efficiency.

Therefore, this makes the strategic position of the development of cities in the province such as Kampala and Entebbe in the Northern Great Lakes Province more prominent.

The distance between Kampala and Entebbe is such that they can be considered as one city. If they develop to the size of Mbeya or Harare, the two cities will inevitably be connected, which means that a new East African metropolis is likely to rise in the Great Lakes region in the future.

Of course, the Northern Great Lakes Province has its own development strategy, and other provinces are naturally not vegetarians. The Prussian Province will focus on the development of Kisumu City, while the Great Lakes Province will develop Mwanza and Kagera at the same time. Other cities along the entire Great Lakes region also want to get a piece of the pie, and the economic competition in the region has shown a flourishing effect.