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The first step to industrializing is assembling something. Right now it’s an aircraft, but with more money skills and capital, soon maybe it’s worth it to make

The first step to industrializing is assembling something. Right now it’s an aircraft, but with more money skills and capital, soon maybe it’s worth it to make a screw factory in the same city. Then maybe a steel smelter. And so on.

theelous3 3y ago
My uncle is an engineer specialising in glass bottle factory design and building. He's been to and from Tanzania (among other developing nations) a lot over the past 8 or so years building glass bottle plants and glass recycling plants. Suffice to say, they're working on it.
- trgn 3y ago
  On that note: breweries are bellweather industries. Need glass bottles, assembly lines. High hygiene and cleaning requirements, bringing more of the procedural sides of industrialization.. When a country starts brewing for global market, it's a good sign.
  - BelleOfTheBall 3y ago
    Is Tanzania brewing? I know South Africa has its own liquor that's somewhat popular, but I'm woefully uneducated about the rest of the continent.
    - trgn 3y ago
      I don't know if they're brewing for the world market, but when I was in Dar-es-Salam, I remember ordering Tanzanian beer (e.g. https://untappd.com/b/serengeti-breweries-ltd-serengeti-premium-lager/48247 https://untappd.com/b/serengeti-breweries-ltd-serengeti-prem...)
alephnerd 3y ago
They're also expanding their STEM and Management education as well. They've been working with IIT Madras to open an engineering campus in Zanzibar [0] and have built a management/leadership program with China [1]. That said, both of these seem to be a part of the larger regional Cold War between China and India in the Indo-Pac region, but Tanzania has potential similar to Bangladesh and Vietnam 20-30 years ago. If they can navigate this, they can jumpstart their development. Portions of Eastern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) definitely have potential, though others seem lackluster (Rwanda's development has been significant, but seems largely PR driven instead of fundamentals driven - they are still extremely dependent on Foreign Aid compared to other similar countries in the region) [0] - https://zanzibar.iitm.ac.in/ https://zanzibar.iitm.ac.in/ [1] - http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0304/c90000-9965681.html http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0304/c90000-9965681.html

theelous3 3y ago

My uncle is an engineer specialising in glass bottle factory design and building. He's been to and from Tanzania (among other developing nations) a lot over the past 8 or so years building glass bottle plants and glass recycling plants. Suffice to say, they're working on it.

trgn 3y ago
On that note: breweries are bellweather industries. Need glass bottles, assembly lines. High hygiene and cleaning requirements, bringing more of the procedural sides of industrialization.. When a country starts brewing for global market, it's a good sign.
- BelleOfTheBall 3y ago
  Is Tanzania brewing? I know South Africa has its own liquor that's somewhat popular, but I'm woefully uneducated about the rest of the continent.
  - trgn 3y ago
    I don't know if they're brewing for the world market, but when I was in Dar-es-Salam, I remember ordering Tanzanian beer (e.g. https://untappd.com/b/serengeti-breweries-ltd-serengeti-premium-lager/48247 https://untappd.com/b/serengeti-breweries-ltd-serengeti-prem...)

alephnerd 3y ago

They're also expanding their STEM and Management education as well. They've been working with IIT Madras to open an engineering campus in Zanzibar [0] and have built a management/leadership program with China [1]. That said, both of these seem to be a part of the larger regional Cold War between China and India in the Indo-Pac region, but Tanzania has potential similar to Bangladesh and Vietnam 20-30 years ago. If they can navigate this, they can jumpstart their development. Portions of Eastern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) definitely have potential, though others seem lackluster (Rwanda's development has been significant, but seems largely PR driven instead of fundamentals driven - they are still extremely dependent on Foreign Aid compared to other similar countries in the region) [0] - https://zanzibar.iitm.ac.in/ https://zanzibar.iitm.ac.in/ [1] - http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0304/c90000-9965681.html http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0304/c90000-9965681.html