African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 630 Labor Cooperation

Regardless of the popularity of compulsory education in East Africa, it did not hinder Teller's calculation. He said to Kranis: "Mayor Kranis, since you have so many middle school students in East Africa and you cannot provide them with better jobs, this Isn’t it a huge waste of social resources?”

"Well, we have thought about it too. After all, the investment in education is not a small amount, not to mention the ten-year compulsory education. However, this matter is decided by the central government, so we can only be responsible for the implementation." Kranis said truthfully. inner thoughts.

If you spend more money but do not get the return you deserve, you will indeed have doubts in your heart. However, East Africa does this to make it easier to cater to historical trends in the future, because Ernst knows that with the development of the times, the demand for talents will increase. The demand will only increase. For example, in Germany, there are now more than 20,000 college students in the country, which is not as many as an ordinary university in the previous life.

Ernst is thinking about long-term benefits, but currently East Africa really cannot afford to arrange so many job opportunities.

"That's it. We in the Austro-Hungarian Empire will not be so impulsive in investing in education. This does not prevent Austria from becoming one of the centers of civilization in Europe." Teller said.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire also invested a lot in education, but compared to the East African government, the Austro-Hungarian government was definitely more prudent. In other words, the two routes were different. One was elite education, which focused more on quality, and the other was civilian education, which focused more on quantity. , but there is a saying that goes well, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and this is also the way of East Africa.

However, there is no distinction between the two. They both achieve the same goal by different means. The premise is to sincerely cultivate talents for the country, even if it is just for the utilitarian purpose of maintaining the stability of national rule.

Teller asked tentatively: "Mayor Kranis, has your East African government ever thought of a best-of-both-worlds approach to solve the employment problem of middle school students after graduation?"

“Well, Mr. Teller, what do you think?” Kranis asked doubtfully.

"Mayor Kranis, listen to me, it's like this. You have students who are facing employment problems, and we in Austria have many employment opportunities that require slightly higher academic qualifications, at least better than those of primary school students. In this way, there will be a gap between our two countries. Wouldn't it complement each other?" Teller directly stated his purpose.

His words really aroused Kranis' thinking. As an East African official, Kranis has a relatively good understanding of the national conditions in East Africa, so he is also aware of the extent of promoting compulsory education in East Africa.

 And Teller's words are indeed very attractive, which is related to the term "remittances". In fact, many countries obtain income through "remittances".

For example, in the history of medieval Germany, the mercenaries of various states and nobles were actually a form of "remittances". They worked for foreign monarchs and then received income.

In many countries such as Egypt, Pakistan, India, and Thailand in the previous life, "remittances" were an important source of economy. Especially in Egypt, "remittances" were even a pillar industry. After all, Egypt has a population of more than 100 million and a land area only as large as both sides of the Nile River. If you don't go out and find a way out, you will really starve to death.

  Today's Japan also relies heavily on "remittances" to accumulate funds for national development. As for Europe, this is even more frequent, and this is most vividly reflected in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The development of countries and regions within the Austro-Hungarian Empire was unbalanced, so a large number of Hungarians, Serbs and Poles entered economically developed areas to work. If they later chose to return to their hometowns, then these wages should also be considered "remittances". After all, Austria-Hungary The countries within the empire, especially Austria and Hungary, can be regarded as two countries, and other regions also have strong autonomy and independence.

"Mr. Teller, your idea is very good, but this is not something I, a small local official, can decide. You must know that our population management in East Africa is quite strict, and mobility is not strong compared to European countries, so even if I agree, and there is nothing I can do about it, but I will give your suggestions to the higher authorities," Kranis said. As for the poor mobility of the East African population, it depends on how you analyze it. The household registration system of the East African people has determined that many people will die in place without government permission. Indeed, mobility is very poor, but the large-scale population migration organized by the East African government has Quite a few, and the development effect in the interior of East Africa is equally significant. On the contrary, the United States develops the west, with almost no government intervention and relying entirely on the private sector.

Traal asked: "Mr. Mayor, do you think the possibility is high?"

Of course Kranis didn't know. After all, there was a provincial government above him, and he was not sure whether he could pass the provincial government's test, so he said: "It depends on what the higher-level government thinks, but you can reach Es Salaam City." Go give it a try, after all, your status as an Austrian businessman is much more useful than a small mayor like me, and you can easily attract the attention of the central government."

 Trel is still very satisfied with the solution given by Kranis. It is indeed more efficient for them to do it themselves.

Finally, the topic returned to the issue of investing in and building factories. This time, the Austrian businessmen finally gave Mogadishu a chance, that is, to solve the port problem first. If the new port of Mogadishu can be completed by the end of the year, then they can first Let’s test the waters. As for the follow-up supporting facilities, we will discuss it next year.

The reason why the Austrian businessmen delayed was entirely to obtain more benefits. Even without the guarantee of the Mogadishu Municipal Government, they could have paid for the relevant work themselves, but who would not do so if they could save an extra sum of money? Do it!

They are still optimistic about the prospects of Mogadishu City, especially the fruits and vegetables here are indeed very popular in Europe, so even if Mogadishu City does not make too many promises, some of them will choose to cooperate, but that will not achieve the goal of Mogadishu City. The effect that the city of Gadishu wanted.

Mogadishu City attaches more importance to exporting products from the Northern Province to overseas markets. However, its own capabilities in this regard are limited and can only be left to Austrian businessmen. When they build relevant factories, for the sake of profit, they themselves will also Europe actively promoted the superiority of the agricultural products of the Northern Province.

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"Labor cooperation?" Ernst heard the reports from his subordinates and knew what the Austrian businessmen were thinking. Before this, there were no people working abroad in East Africa, but it was mainly done through official channels, or perhaps from the Hechingen Consortium. Channels, this is the first time that a foreign civil society group like Austrian businessmen has actively sought cooperation.

After thinking about it, Ernst agreed. This matter would not be harmful to East Africa, but he also had some considerations of his own.

"Cooperation is possible, but the initiative must be in our hands. We can build a similar platform based on the model of overseas students, but this platform is a multinational labor service company rather than a government agency. After all, we have to ensure the safety of our nationals, at least prevent them from He was unfamiliar with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.”

Ernst just wanted to build a platform, not control. This is not alarmist. There are indeed examples of countries doing this, and that is the current Far Eastern Empire government.

Anyway, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also a monarchy, and Ernst was not afraid of any dangerous words and ideas being spread back to East Africa. Moreover, these graduates who went abroad to work were not afraid that they would not come back. After all, their home was in East Africa, and it didn’t matter even if they didn’t come back. Staying in East Africa or Germany, in Ernst's opinion, would be rotten in the pot.

 (End of this chapter)