Chapter 1304 Kampala
All East Africa's actions in Russia went very smoothly. During this period, the Russian Labor Party had no time to integrate the country's resources. Their primary goal was to deal with the counterattack of domestic reactionary forces.
There are countless forces in Russia like the Nobel family that cannot see the situation clearly. This also facilitates the removal of East African assets in Russia.
The assets withdrawn from Russia, plus the profits obtained from the sale, plus the ill-gotten gains East Africa "robbed" from Russia, allowed East Africa to make a lot of money. Not only did it realize It also made the East African treasury and the Rhine royal family even richer.
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Kampala.
Since East Africa began to tilt its policies toward the Great Lakes region, Kampala and Kisumu have developed particularly rapidly in the region.
In addition to being in the Great Lakes region, they also benefit from being in the urban belt of northern East Africa. The scope of northern East Africa is not small in a broad sense, but when it comes to the core area of economic development, it is naturally the north. Along the railway.
After all, the Northern Railway is the only railway transportation trunk line that can connect most cities in the north together.
The big cities in northern East Africa, Mombasa, Nairobi, Kisumu, and Kampala are all on this route. Other cities, such as Kisan City, Bangui, and Libreville, although their size is It is relatively backward, but it is also the center of its respective region.
Therefore, Kisumu and Kampala are both cities in the Great Lakes region and hub cities on the Northern Railway. Due to these two factors, it is difficult for them not to develop.
Of course, Kampala has another advantage over Kisumu, that is, Kampala is the capital of North Great Lakes Province, while Kisumu is in the province, with the city of Nairobi above it.
However, this also represents another advantage. After all, South Prussia, where Kisumu is located, developed earlier and is relatively more financially wealthy than the North Great Lakes Province, but that's about it.
Although the North Great Lakes Province was developed relatively late, its population, resources and environmental advantages are much stronger than those of South Prussia. If East Africa had fully developed the industry in the Great Lakes region in the early days, it is still unclear who will win today. .
Currently, Kampala is making every effort to develop its four major industries: petroleum, chemicals, textiles, and non-ferrous metals.
The rich oil resources in North Great Lakes Province are the basis for Kampala City to develop its oil industry. However, Kampala City focuses more on the chemical industry derived from oil. In addition, Kampala City also has rich rubber resources. Agriculture is also relatively developed, with a large demand for chemical fertilizers, pesticides and other chemical-related products, so the development of the chemical industry is a key direction for Kampala City.
As for the textile industry, in the previous life, Uganda was one of the colonies where the British promoted cotton cultivation. Under the rule of East Africa, the cotton production of the North Great Lakes Province was more prominent than in the previous life, especially in its northern region.
Finally, there are non-ferrous metals. This is also in line with the resource distribution characteristics of the Great Lakes Region. The Great Lakes Region lacks coal, steel and other minerals, or the reserves are not as rich as those in southern East Africa. Therefore, it is inevitable to exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses and develop local advantageous industries. .
Even so, the economic development prospects of Kampala City are still very optimistic. After all, in addition to the provincial resources, it is also a necessary distribution center for materials around the Nile Basin and Lake Turkana Basin.
After all, the overseas export of goods in most parts of northern East Africa relies on the Northern Railway, which makes Kampala a core hub where important railway, road and waterway transportation interact.
"The development of Kampala is really changing at a rapid pace, especially in the past three years. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a rapid development." Yefur said while manning his own ship Yefur and looking at the newly built Kampala Port. .
With the opening up of the economy, many of the East African state-owned transportation companies that were once widely active on the Great Lakes have withdrawn from the stage of history, and private ships have widely appeared on the Great Lakes.
The Yavre is a small cargo ship built by the Entebbe Shipyard in East Africa in 1907. It once belonged to a small shipping company. In 1913, the company withdrew from the stage of history due to financial difficulties, and its assets were sold off by the East African government, among which the Javl was one of them.
Of course, this ship was obviously not called the Javl before, but it was renamed after Javl bought it. For this reason, Javl also borrowed the name Got a lot of money.
However, in the past few years, not only have loans and debts been completely paid off, Yevel himself has also made a lot of money, all thanks to the stimulation of East Africa's exports by the European war.
Yefur's wife said from the side: "Yes, Kampala can be said to be the same every year in the past few years, and it has almost become one with Entebbe."
Kan Para and Entebbe, together with the new city of Zinga, can form the economic core of the North Great Lakes Province on the coast of the Great Lakes.
Among them, Kampala and Entebbe are not far apart to begin with, but with the development of the past three years, the two cities are almost close to each other.
Yevr said to his wife: "This is a good thing. Although the construction of the Xingguo Dam previously affected our business for a while, we are even busier now."
Initially, in order to build the Xingguo Dam, the water area of the entire Great Lakes was raised. Therefore, in order to cope with this change, the East African government carried out unified expansion and renovation of ports along the coast.
During this process, it was clear that many Great Lakes ports had to temporarily cease operations, but this process took just over a year.
Subsequently, cities in the Great Lakes Region entered a stage of expansion, and urban construction will naturally drive demand for cement, steel, equipment, etc., which also stimulates shipping in the Great Lakes Region.
Moreover, the newly renovated port has greatly improved its operational efficiency and more advanced equipment, making transportation in East Africa more convenient.
The Yevre family’s main business is grain transportation. In the past, loading and unloading of bulk cargo at Kampala Port required dock workers and boatmen to complete it bit by bit. Now, Kampala Port is directly equipped with crawler transportation equipment, which greatly saves time.
Of course, this has also put forward higher requirements for ships in the Great Lakes region, and many old ships have been eliminated as a result. Of course, the Yavre is obviously not among them. After all, its production was during the Second Five-Year Plan of East Africa. This ship The ship's factory production time is still relatively late.
Jevel's wife said: "In one or two years, after we have saved enough money, we can borrow another loan from the bank and buy a new cargo ship. Now the shipping prospects on the Great Lakes are very bright."
“Especially the volume of cargo transportation between surrounding cities is obvious When the time comes, let Elva use the new boat to start the business, and we will continue to use the old boat for a few years.”
Elva is the eldest son of the Javl couple, and they have three children in total. , including two boys and one girl, the eldest son and daughter are adults, while the younger son has not yet graduated.
Mentioning this, Yefur said with a smile: "Elva has told me a long time ago that he also wants to be a captain. Then we will fulfill his wish by the end of next year. He estimates that in the next few years We have also saved a lot of money. When the time comes, we will definitely have enough to buy a new boat.”
The shipping market in the Great Lakes is still relatively broad, and the waters here are safer and more stable than the ocean and ordinary rivers. The three attributes of making more money, more time, and safety are enough to make crew jobs on the Great Lakes more popular.
In the past few years, the market prosperity in the Great Lakes region has led to the prosperity of the shipping industry, so the income is stable, and you can basically make money without messing around. Compared with ocean shipping, the Great Lakes shipping time is short, which means Allowing shipping in the Great Lakes to dock frequently and avoid drifting on the sea for long periods of time.
There is no need to say more about safety. Although the Great Lake covers an area of more than 70,000 square kilometers, it is only a lake after all. There are no strong winds and waves, and there are many ships on the route. Even if an emergency occurs, rescue can be waited for in time.
(End of this chapter)