In the twenty-first century of his previous life, many household appliances one could see had already appeared in East Africa or elsewhere in the world—electric lights, telephones, refrigerators, washing machines, and so on. As the world's leading electric-power nation, East Africa was undoubtedly ahead of other countries overall in the household appliance manufacturing sector as well.
However, just as with the foundational power industry, East Africa had yet to achieve nationwide electricity coverage. The spread and promotion of household appliances would only proceed even more slowly than electrification, since areas that had not even been connected to power could hardly make use of so-called household appliances.
At present, the cities with the most developed household appliance manufacturing industries in East Africa were Mbeya city, New Frankfurt City, Lusaka City, Kisangani city, Mombasa city, Nairobi city, Mwanza City, and Dar es Salaam city. Only after them came Harare city.
The cities mentioned above were clearly less dependent on resources than Harare. The towns and cities of Bohemia Province, led by Harare, possessed extremely abundant mineral resources, which also made them more dependent on resources for development than the East African cities listed above. Harare city's industrial structure was somewhat better, while the problem was even more pronounced in the province's other towns and cities.
And electrification would undoubtedly play a major role in replacing the current steam-powered era. It was one of the key directions for industrial upgrading.
Thus, Antaled said, "On one hand, we must continue increasing the city's power generation. On the other, we must vigorously develop household appliance manufacturing and power equipment manufacturing, driving our city to enter the age of electrification at an accelerated pace."
"According to the requirements of the Second Five-Year Plan, our city must actively cooperate with Central Government policies and ensure that thirteen