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Labour is cheaper in Africa than in China. What Chinese company spend to ferry a construction worker from China to Africa is enough to pay about 10 African work
by ejanus 6y ago
Labour is cheaper in Africa than in China. What Chinese company spend to ferry a construction worker from China to Africa is enough to pay about 10 African workers in a year. China wants to to give Chinese jobs to Chinese people. However when it comes to manufacturing of plastics and other low tech products they use Africans. Why are they not importing labour from China? I had the opportunities to work in a complex environment where some Chinese companies operate. Local workers were far knowledgeable. But these companies would not allow locals to handle their core machines, something that is not harder than playstation games. Everything is written in Chinese and locals are not trained in such language.
I have the honour to have visited Western countries, and I can't remember if they have apps that are not readily available in Africa. Africa may be underdeveloped but they have reasonably educated people. They maybe lacking core skill but they are not lazy and unfocused.
Bring manufacturing to Africa would really help grow world economy and would also end this current trade war. It may not be easy but it is possible. Africa has the cheapest labour you can find anywhere, hardworking people with strong sense of confidence. Africa is closer to Europe and America than China and India. Africa has strong cultural ties already with Europe and America.
Banking services develop along with businesses, and as the economy improves every sector would improve too. China was not built over night.