From arms dealer to king of war

When the war in Yemen and the chaos in Syria attracted the attention of the world, a group of black soldiers wearing lion badges arrived in Bossosa, Somalia in a low-key manner.

The construction workers of the giant infrastructure company who stayed in Djibouti arrived here by boat with a large number of construction machinery.

A cargo ship parked in the Gulf of Aden quietly turned around and docked at the dilapidated dock of Bossosa, bringing tens of thousands of tons of food to hungry Somalia.

As time passed and personnel arrived one after another, the flags of the United Nations and PB were hung on a simple military base originally belonging to the African Union.

The senior adviser to the Federal Ministry of Constitutional Affairs of Somalia led a team to Bossosa and had a 14-hour meeting with representatives of the legendary jackal and the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs under the witness of representatives of the African Union.

For most of the meeting, people from P·B were explaining the PPT to the Somali officials. They broke up Boss Qiao’s part about electronic trade and told them again.

When Hamza Barre, a senior Somali official, heard that P·B was willing to set up a trading company, and was willing to advance funds to integrate Somali internal resources, integrate those scattered resources that could not be exported, and enter them into the internal trading system of Jialiang Trade , the whole person was in a state of shock...

As the number two man in Somalia, Hamza originally thought that the legendary PB came here to help fight against Al-Shabaab in exchange for some resource income.

Who knew that what Boss Qiao showed up was completely different from what he imagined!

Fighting against Al-Shabaab seems to be a trivial matter to Boss Qiao. In Boss Qiao's eyes, economic development is the primary task.

Hamza is also highly educated and has lived through Somalia's horrific civil war from beginning to end.

He certainly knows what Somalia needs now, and he also knows why Somalia in the past did not get what it wanted.

Clan militancy and politics are the main reasons for the division of Somalia. The rise and growth of Al-Shabaab has made those greedy clans unbearable.

Finally, with the efforts of the African Union and the United Nations, these greedy clans finally chose to sit down and negotiate, and finally formed the Somali Federation while ensuring the autonomy of the major clans.

Currently, Somalia is roughly divided into three regions, namely Somaliland (autonomous), Puntland (semi-autonomous), and Baidoa.

But the funny thing is that the Baidoa area, which is supposed to be the most authoritative area, and the area where the political influence of the capital Mogadishu radiates, is actually the most chaotic area in the entire Somalia.

Al-Shabaab's territory almost surrounds Mogadishu, and the area under direct federal control is very small.

If it weren't for the fact that our next-door neighbors Ethiopia and Kenya had supported several pro-government armed forces as border buffers, and the Puntland region where Bossosa is located, the political tendency is basically pro-government, the area controlled by the Somali federal government would have been extremely small. Makes you want to laugh.

This kind of bad country cannot even achieve basic political cooperation, let alone development.

Since the Somali Federation was formally established in 2014, their total foreign debt has reached US$2.9 billion in less than three years.

At present, their annual export volume is about 400 million US dollars, but their import volume has reached about 2.5 billion US dollars due to food demand and development needs.

The huge deficit has kept the federal government on the verge of bankruptcy, relying solely on loans from the World Bank and the African Union Development Bank to survive.

But now the International Monetary Fund has issued a warning, predicting that Somalia will reach the Heavily Indebted Poor Decision Point within two years.

In other words, the International Monetary Fund judges that if the current situation continues, Somalia will completely lose its investment value in two years, and they will no longer be able to receive loans and funding from the international community.

The only way out for Somalia at this stage is to get rid of Al-Shabaab as soon as possible and integrate the central region of Somalia, then focus on developing the internal economy to form valuable assets, and then find ways to promote export trade and reduce its own debt as much as possible.

Everyone knows what to do, but none of them have the ability to do it!

To be honest, the African Union is worried about Somalia. South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Burundi have successively sent troops to assist the government forces in fighting Al-Shabaab, but with little success.

Somalia's rottenness starts from the root: clan separatism, government corruption, and unreasonable government orders...

In most areas of Somalia, people are basically in a state of anarchy. Military uniforms are more effective than suits, and guns are more effective than pens.

In this case, Boss Qiao stood up and said, I will help you...

This makes Ham very excited!

In Hamza's mind, P·B is actually a warlord armed with strong idealism.

Because he established an army with strict discipline and a strong sense of honor in Central Africa!

As long as most politicians in Afika have attended a meeting at the African Union headquarters, they will know what Boss Joe has done and what kind of power and credibility he has through the propaganda of some people.

Except for the leaders of a few big countries, most small countries are actually envious of President François of Central Africa. When this guy just took office and had to beg for food to deal with the internal economic crisis, a strong man suddenly fell from the sky to support him and Central Africa. Run wildly on the road to development.

From the beginning, Francois started to beg for help everywhere, but now he straightens his back wherever he goes to meetings, and even sneers at some of the performances of a group of colleagues...

This transformation process took less than 4 years!

The most jealous thing is that P·B has never asked for rights beyond the content of the contract.

This situation is currently repeated in Congo!

Although the situation there is more complicated, business integration in Congo's North Kivu and South Kivu provinces is progressing rapidly, and President Kabila, who has just experienced civil strife, is now shaking.

But these are not all the things that make colleagues envy and hate them. What really makes everyone hate it is that P·B Bank has prepared eye-catching stock returns for these high-ranking bastards.

Compared with others who have to work hard to search, the core politicians in Central Africa and Congo only need to conscientiously perform their powers and responsibilities to get benefits that everyone will envy.

Although this benefit is for the position rather than a specific person, what does it matter?

Regardless of whether you are the president or the prime minister, as long as you serve two terms seriously, perform your duties conscientiously during the change of terms, and hand over the work seriously to the people who come after you, you can let your whole family go anywhere in the world, and live in luxury cars, luxury houses, and food and clothing without worries for the rest of your life.

What else is there to find fault with?

The most frustrating thing is that these are all legalized through complex legal and financial links!

Working conscientiously for eight years with great success, and finally retiring gracefully amidst the praise and admiration of the people, this is a good thing that the politicians in Afika dare not think of!

Now the legendary jackal suddenly came to Somalia, and skipped the issue of Al-Shabaab and directly proposed a trade contract that was definitely for the sake of Somalia...

Hamza looked at the sunset outside the conference room window, then rubbed his eyes, stood up and hugged Boss Qiao vigorously...

"Jackal, you will be Somalia's forever friend!"

Boss Qiao is not interested in scene talk. He is relatively short on time. He came here secretly just to finalize the contract quickly and let P.B take over the port of Bossosa without anyone realizing it to avoid interference from the outside world.

Looking at the excited Hamza, Joga smiled and said: “Sir, believe it or not, I regard Afika as my second hometown.

I believe that there is hope for this world, and I hope that more people can see that our world is not that bad.

Bossosa sucks, but if you look at the Yemeni refugees who come here by boat, it's a little better than Yemen.

Leave the dock to me and I will be responsible for repairing and maintaining it...

I have ordered 500 fishing boats from China. These will be allocated according to the needs of Mukala and Bossosa and rented to fishermen at the lowest price.

It will take time to tap the potential of foreign trade, but as long as you can sail a boat and launch a net, the benefits generated by a fishing boat can directly affect at least 20 people, that is, 20 families...

If fisheries can be developed, this scope of influence will expand more than 10 times with the expansion of fishery trade.

As long as my idea is proven to be effective, I will continue to increase investment in this area in the future. "

As Joga looked at Hamza, whose eyes were about to pop out, he smiled and said, "There is no shortage of sailors in Somalia, right?"

Boss Qiao’s words made the conference room burst into laughter. Hamza shook his head helplessly and said: “Of course, Somalia has never been short of sailors!

But if P·B does this, won’t the income be too low?

The port repairs in Bossosa will require a lot of funds. If in the future..."

Boss Qiao did not explain his ideal profit model of the trading network to Hamza in detail...

Bossosa's location is excellent and the port's foundation is still there. Simple repairs won't cost much. As long as safety can be ensured, the port will not lose money based on Bossosa's location.

Moreover, Boss Qiao has never thought about making money in this kind of infrastructure construction. As a node in the trade network, Bossosa can generate sufficient income for P·B Bank through the exchange of funds and retention caused by trade exchanges. .

This kind of business may not be very profitable and has a long payback cycle, but it generally does not lose money.

The only thing that may lead to losses is that P·B cannot defeat Al-Shabaab, or the Somali Federation turns its back in the future.

Both of these situations will cause P·B’s military costs to skyrocket!

But if you can't defeat Al-Shabaab or subdue the Somali federal government, as long as this happens, it means that Boss Joe should retire!

This is simply impossible for Boss Qiao at this stage. He can do this kind of business because he has the military ability to crush Somalia.

Boss Qiao is not afraid of them defaulting on their debts and allows them to do things according to his guidance.

The bonus of benefits derived from influence is what Boss Qiao is pursuing!

Seeing Hamza's hesitant expression, Boss Qiao said with a smile: "Our time is very limited today, but my lawyer Qory Amon will lead people to stay here for a while, and they will ask you They explain in detail the benefits and usage of electronic trading platforms.

I know you are concerned about the issue of Al-Shabaab, because as long as Al-Shabaab is still there, Somalia will not be stable. "

As he spoke, Qiaojia nodded to a PB technician, then looked at the people present and said with a smile: "Gentlemen, it is not very difficult for me to fight against Al-Shabaab.

How to change the thinking of the people in the areas controlled by the Al-Shabaab is a big project, which requires you to establish a complete social and educational system.

I know this is a bit difficult for Somalia at this stage, but I have built a radio network in Central Africa and now there is an online TV company.

If you are interested, I can have these two networks transplanted to Somalia.

But before that, I can show you how we do things! "