What do entrepreneurs do in Africa?

With the increasingly fierce competition in the domestic market, many people find it more and more difficult to do business. Both manufacturers, wholesalers and even retail physical stores are at a loss by the ever-changing network economy. As a result, many people look overseas, especially in developing countries such as Africa. At present, millions of China people are engaged in all walks of life on the African continent.

Different from China's sound light and heavy industrial system, except South Africa, most sub-Saharan African countries have long been poor and weak, relying on mining and agriculture to barely support economic development, and relying on international assistance for infrastructure construction, but all manufactured goods need to be imported, which has attracted many China investors who want to go to Africa for gold.

Take Zambia as an example. Most China people who come to do business for the first time come from Henan. It seems that all the medical teams that help Zambia are from Henan. These people went back to Zambia to do business, or introduced the situation to relatives and friends, which attracted more Henan people to start businesses.

At present, China people are involved in almost all walks of life in the local area, from mine (China Nonferrous Metals) network construction (Huawei) to waterworks, hotels, supermarkets and bars, and they can meet a China person from time to time when walking down the street.

Construction industry: Many employees of Chinese prefix enterprises who have engaged in infrastructure construction in Africa will leave their original units or set up construction companies to contract various public and private projects. Or work for someone else in China. There is a great demand for managers and technicians with local work experience.

Building materials industry: At present, the hardware and building materials industry is dominated by Indians, but with the cheap "Made in China", China people are gradually gaining a foothold. At present, there are many factories producing cement bricks in China, and the market does not seem to be saturated, mainly because of huge consumption.

Waterworks: Many African countries have a lot of precipitation, but it is unevenly distributed in time and region. For example, the climate in many areas is divided into dry season and rainy season, that is, it doesn't rain for half a year and it rains in the second half. In addition, surface water is not suitable for direct drinking, and local people are used to drinking raw water, which is easy to get dysentery. The investment of the boiling water plant includes a small factory area and supporting water purification equipment. Of course, the most important thing is to drill a few deep wells. Bottled water is used to supply Chinese and foreign customers around the city, and bottled water is sent to supermarkets and enterprises. According to the author's understanding, there is a water plant with only two China people, and several local people are employed to run it, but neither of them can speak English, and they can only say simple words like yes and no, so they have gained a firm foothold in the local area with a strong sense of struggle.

Clinics: Many members of the African medical aid team quit their jobs after returning to China, set up business in Africa and set up private clinics. In Africa where medicines are scarce, the profession of doctor is highly respected. Most doctors in China are very professional and experienced, so they have won the trust of China people and local patients. Due to the spread of AIDS, most people in China are afraid to go to local hospitals for injections and operations, preferring to drive to cities with China clinics and hospitals dozens of kilometers away.

Mining and its affiliated industries: different minerals have different technical secrets, I don't know. However, it is possible to use oxygen and crushers in mining and smelting. As a result, a number of supporting Chinese-funded enterprises were born: oxygen factory, steel ball factory and workshop for producing crusher plates. Mineral testing requires a lot of chemicals. These chemicals are expensive and cheap in China, but they are more than twice as expensive when shipped to Africa.

Hotel supermarket: China people who are far away from home miss the taste of their hometown very much. Whenever they feel homesick or need to hold a banquet, they will go to China restaurant for a meal. As for the price, it is generally more than double that in China. Visit the hotels that are usually operated, and there are several single rooms in the backyard for guests coming and going to China.

China Supermarket: It sells all kinds of goods from China, which are shipped by assembling cabinets, covering everything from food to use. The price is naturally outrageous, and a bottle of rock sugar Sydney is equivalent to RMB 10.

Wood: At present, it seems that it is not easy to do, because the quantity of precious wood such as blood sandalwood is decreasing in Zambia, and the governments of Congo and Zambia are cracking down severely, but the strong domestic consumption desire still drives countless adventurers to move forward wave after wave.

Auto Repair and Accessories: For people with limited foreign language ability, it is an ideal choice to find a China native with the same language and culture to repair broken cars. Therefore, the business of China repair shop is booming in Africa, and it will be more popular if the repair shop is built on the edge of the main traffic arteries, plus gas stations and small supermarkets.

Transportation: When China's mining enterprises and construction enterprises gained a firm foothold, a group of trendy people who served them bought brand-new heavy trucks from China and sent them to Africa by sea. These transport operators will install positioning systems for trucks and hire local drivers to drive trucks. They and their cronies just need to drive around looking for jobs. If they need to pay the freight on the spot, they need the boss or relatives to take the car in person. If this is a big project, you need to worry about the remuneration, especially for the villagers in China.

Machinery leasing and accessories industry: the more powerful boss will transport domestic heavy machinery such as cranes and excavators to Africa and rent them to customers who need cranes temporarily by the hour, no matter how far away, the money will be counted from the moment of departure.

Freight Forwarder: Responsible for customs clearance at destination, helping China people to transport machinery, equipment and daily necessities into Africa and do business in China.

? The above industries are regarded as mainstream industries, and some minority industries are not listed one by one. No matter what industry you do, you need to do a good job of security. In the eyes of criminals, China people who come to do business are all fat people. The building must be equipped with a power grid. If conditions permit, you can hire armed security guards from local security companies to patrol at night. After all, money is a thing apart, and your life is the most important thing.