After the outbreak of the Terero suppression incident, the situation in Akwa was turbulent. The Canters frequently launched larger-scale demonstrations in various places, forcing Sewiy to finally make a compromise in early November and dismiss his second son Husseini.
.Savy Jr.’s position in the Police Headquarters and the establishment of an investigation committee.
On November 10th, Cao Mo came to Dahomey again.
In the previous three months, under the auspices of Xie Sipeng, the business cooperation negotiations with Asamo Ji'an and other moderate Canter people failed to make substantial progress. However, after the Kolero suppression incident,
After that, this situation was quickly reversed.
Asamo Ji'an and other moderate chiefs of the Aite tribe, apart from seeing no arrogance, only see what real benefits the establishment Evans Foundation can bring to them. They are even more worried that if their attitude continues to be ambiguous, the Aite people
Not only will there be serious internal divisions, but the radicals may even encourage the ethnic groups to vent their tinderbox-like grievances on them, forcing them to simply cut off ties with the Evans Foundation and launch an attack on Savvy.
Non-cooperation resistance movement.
Although the Saiwei authorities have made compromises, and although Asamo Ji'an is more inclined to accept compromises, he needs to take concrete actions to appease the radicals within the ethnic group, and at the same time, he also needs strong capital backing to maintain his support for the Saiweis.
The authorities are moderately confrontational.
Against this background, the business cooperation agreement between Tianyue Department and Aite people has fully blossomed and taken root quickly.
The Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Trading Company first signed an agreement with the Port of Dahomey to form a joint venture into the new Dahomey Port Co., Ltd., with the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company injecting US$5 million in exchange for 60% of the equity of the new port company.
In addition to launching the transit transportation services of bulk materials such as timber, palm oil, and cocoa beans at Dahomey Port in due course, the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Trading Company will also send a team to take over the operation and management of the port with full authority and immediately start the transformation of the comprehensive transit terminal.
The Conero Lake Port Terminal will be operated and managed by Draculamo Port Group according to the agreement upon completion. However, in recent years, Cao Mo has also started the construction of 10,000-ton bulk and larger-scale cement-specific terminals on the north shore of Conero Lake.
Cultivated a qualified team responsible for the operation management of small and medium-sized ports.
Dahomey Port is not considered a fishing port. It only has a small timber transport terminal with outdated facilities. Even if it is renovated as planned, it can only berth 10,000-ton barges during high tide.
In the eyes of the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company, the loading and unloading business at the Port of Dahomey is as thin as strips of meat and really has no chew to it.
However, Cao Mo intends to push the Kant people to fight for the establishment of a special economic zone focusing on export processing industries in Dahomey - this requires the Aite people to fight with the Saiwei authorities, and it may take a while to get the result, but in the old port
The planning work of selecting a site in the southeast to build a new port with a 30,000-ton comprehensive berth and building an export processing industrial park around the new port was immediately launched.
This will not only better encourage the young adults of the Kant people and other resources to gather in Dahomey, so that the Kant people can finally take a certain initiative in the economy, but will also help further improve the quality of life of the descendants of the colonists in Afghanistan.
The living conditions of Kwa - Dahomey is also an important place where Cao Mo and Juan Mantar secretly discussed and urged the descendants of the colonists to gather and settle.
The Kant people account for less than 30% of the total population of Akwa, totaling about nine million people. There are nearly one million Kant people in Dahomey, which is slightly more than the Akwa colony with a total population of just over 600,000.
His descendants are much taller.
In the past two to three hundred years, the Kant people were used by colonial rulers to rule the local area, and they were regarded as the middle class of Akwa.
In addition to being more concentrated in the southern coastal area of Akwa, they are generally better educated than the Akan people, and their obedience is much better than the local Akan people. Because of their historical origins, they are more likely to accept colonization.
They are descendants of colonialists and do not have particularly strong anti-colonial thoughts.
Therefore, Juan Mantar wants to focus on developing communities where the descendants of colonists live and breed in Akwa, in addition to Drake. Dahomey is undoubtedly a better choice than the capital Pemport.
In Dahomey and nearby areas, there were originally 50,000 to 60,000 descendants of colonists gathered, making it an extremely important gathering area in Akwa.
It was not necessary or possible for Cao Mo to help the descendants of the colonists move to Benin and settle there.
Doing so will only weaken his penetration and influence on Akwa in the future.
Fulfill the commitment to Juan Mantar, and at the same time, build a large comprehensive transit port in Dahomey in the south of the Port of Pemé, the capital of Akwa, an area where Dahomey Development Tianyue is highly penetrated and can exert influence.
, Developing the export processing industry is also what Cao Mo must do.
Dahomey should never exist in his investment map just as a relay station for the cross-border power grid.
At the same time, Coronai Foods and Dongsheng Group signed agreements with Ji'an and other families respectively. The two companies spent a total of US$30 million in the first batch to directly acquire 5,000 acres of cocoa and oil palm plantations in Dahomey.
In addition, the two companies also signed a cooperation agreement with White Rock Plantation Co., Ltd., which was founded by the Ji'an family. They plan to provide White Rock Plantation with a loan of US$10 million every year and use it to build a new business in Dahomey within three to five years.
A total of 10,000 acres of new planting land were reclaimed.
Leaving aside the follow-up loans, Cornero Food and Dongsheng Group have come up with a total of 30 million US dollars in cash this time. There is no pressure at all and there is no need to use the money in the total capital pool of Tianyue and Dongsheng.
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However, for the Kant people who have been suppressed by the Saiwei authorities for more than ten years, the funds that can be directly transferred to the US$30 million can be regarded as a mouthful of sweet spring water when they are hungry and thirsty.
At the same time, in order to quell the anger of the Kant people, the Sewi authorities not only promoted a number of plans to stimulate economic development in Dahomey and other regions, but also quickly approved the establishment of the White Rock Energy Investment Company headed by the Ji'an family in Dahomey.
Giant Rock Energy Investment, in conjunction with Cornero Energy, and the National Electricity Group of Benin are building a backbone high-voltage transmission network between Dahomey and Cotonou, and have approved that the transmission network can be connected to the power grid of the capital Pemé Port after completion.
Prior to this, Cornero Energy also negotiated an agreement with the National Electricity Group of Benin to invest US$120 million in the Conuto Power Plant and hold 70% of the equity for joint operation - and this US$220 million
U.S. dollars, Cornelo Energy only invested 30 million U.S. dollars of its own funds, and the remaining funds were raised and injected by Tianyue Industrial. Tianyue Industrial's shareholding in Cornero Energy also increased to 60%.
Although it is different from the original wholly-owned acquisition plan, the operation of the power plant is still restricted to a considerable extent by the National Electricity Group of Benin, but this result is not unacceptable.
In addition to resolving differences as quickly as possible, promoting cooperation, and successfully launching the technical transformation and upgrading of the old power plant before October, the capital injection will save US$50 to 60 million compared with the original wholly-owned acquisition plan.
A new injection of US$120 million is needed to upgrade the old power plant. Only US$60 million is needed. The remaining US$60 million can be used as start-up capital to start the new Cotonou thermal power plant with a total investment of US$300 million.
of construction.
Although in Africa, the BT (Build-Transfer) and BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) models are relatively mature, but for a large thermal power plant with such a huge investment scale and an installed capacity of millions of kilowatts, you want to find a Chinese contractor to advance funds.
Construction, payment of construction money will be paid when the project is handed over after construction. Even if Benin officials come forward, it is impossible to negotiate in a day or two.
In order to start construction quickly, Cao Moning could raise funds by himself.
Prior to this, Cornero Energy and the National Electricity Group of Benin officially laid the foundation stone and started construction of the Lonta-Auguta backbone transmission network in early September.
Cao Mo urgently needs to directly control a truly large-scale power plant so that he can truly realize the significance of the cross-border power grid.
Otherwise, when the Dahomey-Cotonou backbone transmission network is completed, the electricity supplied every day will only be enough to light a few street lights in the port. Isn't it a joke?
The cross-border power grid is in his hands. To truly become a bargaining chip that can compete with various forces, it ultimately relies on power supply.
In addition to the start-up capital of 60 million US dollars, if Cao Mo cannot later obtain financing from banks and other financial institutions, even if he uses the money in the total capital pool, he will give priority to ensuring the construction of the new power plant.
The Zum River medium-sized hydropower station officially generates electricity in September. Although the annual power generation capacity is limited, after signing an agreement with the National Electricity Group of Benin, the Zum River and two other medium-sized hydropower stations that will be built one after another in the next year will be guaranteed to generate electricity every year.
The 200 million degrees are passed through a dedicated line and are specially supplied to the new plant built by Cornero Cement after the acquisition of the Cotonou Cement Plant.
When the production capacity of Cotonou Cement's new plant is released, Conero Cement's cement production capacity on the Gulf of Guinea coast will further increase to 6 million tons.
Affected by the economic crisis and the sharp depreciation of currencies in various countries, the price of finished cement along the Gulf of Guinea has dropped to less than US$80 per ton. This has left cement and building materials merchants along the Gulf of Guinea in mourning and corpses everywhere.
However, Cornero Cement relies on stable and cheap electricity supply and special cement tankers to take the sea route to focus on the market in the coastal areas of the Gulf of Guinea. At the market terminal, it either directly or promotes distributors to build hundreds or thousands of cement supply stations.
Station, concrete mixing station, reduces the cost of ordinary finished cement to about fifty dollars.
In other words, the price of finished cement along the Gulf of Guinea is expected to fall further, but for Cornero Cement, in addition to temporarily losing the huge profits in the past, it can guarantee a net cash inflow of more than 20 million US dollars per month, which is
There is no need to worry about whether the Gulf of Guinea building materials market will be further impacted by the economic crisis.
Cao Mo has no intention to invest in building a new cement plant or grinding station in Dahomey for the time being, but he will also build a large bulk cement supply station.
In addition to this series of investment cooperation agreements, Yibogu Mining has also signed a mineral exploration agreement with the Black Point Mountain area in the Eastern Province, where the Ete people are dominant. The geological structure theoretically has the possibility of gold mine generation in the Black Point Mountain exploration gold resources.
The international gold price has been fluctuating around US$1,000 per ounce for nearly a year, and it rose rapidly at the beginning of the month, climbing to US$1,100.
Although during this period of time, Cao Mo had put too much energy into the critical situation in Akwa and almost used all his strength in secret, Cao Mo did not give up his industrial investment in Benin, Kanem and other countries.
Even considering that the Wusang River copper and gold mine will inevitably give up considerable profits, in order to hedge the impact of this uncertain factor on the Ibogu mining industry, Cao Mo has intentionally further strengthened his investment in Benin, Kas, and Ibo in the past three or four months.
Gold mine investment in Naim and other countries.
In addition to building a new mine in the Oguta and Ibogu mining areas to continue to tap production capacity, it is also accelerating the competition for deep rock gold resources with European and American gold traders in countries such as West and Central Africa.
In the past, due to the topography, burial depth and content, the mining cost of these deep rock gold resources was high and no one cared about it, but now they have become a hot commodity.
Of course, it is inappropriate to say that no one cares about it.
In recent years, the price of gold has soared. Investment companies and individuals from all over the world, large and small, have come to Africa one after another, cooperating with local governments and tribal chiefs, or colluding with shady means to identify known mineral-prone areas and prospect for minerals.
The rights are basically all in the name of the owner.
Of course, these people have obtained the exploration rights, but not many of them have actually organized efforts to carry out exploration, let alone large-scale mobilization of manpower and massive machinery into the deep mountains and old forests for large-scale mining.
Therefore, although these deep rock gold resources are well-known and have their own owners, due to various local conditions and the limitations of the miners' own strength, they are basically idle there and have not been truly developed.
Yibogu Mining competes with other European and American gold giants to compete for these deep rock gold resources. On the one hand, it directly acquires the exploration rights of mining areas where economic reserves can be estimated after preliminary exploration. On the other hand, it is those mining areas that have not yet carried out substantial exploration operations.
, it is to cooperate with the original miner who holds the exploration rights, share the exploration rights, and invest funds, equipment, and manpower to carry out exploration operations.
Tens of millions of dollars have been invested in these two aspects, and tens of millions of dollars will be invested in further exploration in the future to expand the scale of economically exploitable gold reserves in Ibogu Mining and lay a stronger foundation. However, these high
At present, there is no rush to develop remote mining areas with high costs. After all, mine construction is too difficult, investment risks are difficult to control, and local social security is also extremely bad.
However, with the completion of two new mines and the continuous improvement of supporting capacity and transportation conditions of the mining industry that has been put into operation, the gold output of Ibogu Mining has been steadily increasing.
Even though the situation in Akwa is treacherous, the production of the first mine of the Usan River Copper and Gold Mine has not been interrupted. It is just that the financing and construction of the second and third mines have been suspended indefinitely.
As the international gold price continues to rise, not only has the large amount of cash previously reserved by Ibogu Mining been unable to be spent, but as profits continue to increase, the capital pool has been in the process of being filled.
This is really distressing.
After the Evans Foundation happened, many people who knew the inside story, such as Ding Zhaoqiang, Qian Wenhan, Ge Jun, Shen Ji, Xie Sipeng, Yang Deshan, Chen Feng, Guo Donghu, etc., suggested that Cao Mo transfer most of the funds. Return to China and reduce the scale of investment in Africa.
Of course, Abacha, Ojosan, Brahm and others would never want to get to this point.
Cao Mo stood on the white rock that stretched out into the waves like a giant whale. After the Trero suppression incident, Ryan Fortis and Bardinay Jr. also restrained themselves and asked Juan Mantar The search for legal and procedural flaws in the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine has been suspended, but this only means that the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine is temporarily safe.
No one knows whether the Evans Foundation and the Savvy family will return to their old ways when the domestic situation in Akwa stabilizes.
Even if Akwa does not return to the era of military dictatorship, the theory that the Saiwi family can maintain power in Akwa for another six years is definitely not an optimistic forecast.
Cao Mo stared at the turbulent waves in front of him and frowned deeply...
At this moment, two black Land Rovers were parked in the woods beside the muddy road.
Ryan Fortis, who was sitting in the car, looked toward the seaside.
Of course, it was impossible for him to clearly see Cao Mo's face standing on the giant rock, but he could confirm that the person was Cao Mo from the distribution of surrounding vehicles and entourage.
Just like the shooting incident that made Avina hate him, Ryan Fortis believed that there was definitely something behind the Trello crackdown, but he had no evidence and no clues to convince the council. Senior management believes that all this is no coincidence.
However, Saiwei brutally suppressed the radical factions within the Akwa two years ago and promoted political changes. Now he no longer dares to see the ethnic struggle in Akwa worsen and actively chooses to compromise, ordering them to temporarily suspend their efforts to control the Usan River. The attempt to develop a copper-gold mine is a fact that Ryan Fortis cannot change.
It's just that he was confused in his heart. What was the connection between the Tellero suppression incident and this Chinese young man? He couldn't find any clues about it?
"Perhaps only the Chinese understand the Chinese best. We should listen more to Mr. Liang's opinions when we meet him!" Although Badinay Jr. Seviyi is of standard Akan descent, he has been studying and living in the United States for many years and has already Developing the habit of Western society, even in the sultry afternoon of Akwa, it is still necessary to tie the white and wide long-sleeved shirt to the last button under the neck...