Mogadishu Port Renovation

As the Eurasian Fruit Basket Plan began to be implemented, Mogadishu city in Northern Province and Kismayo city in Juba Province were the first to take action.

Mogadishu Port was Northern Province's most important port, while Kismayo city stood at the mouth of the Juba River. In terms of river-sea intermodal transport, it held a greater advantage than Mogadishu.

In the previous life, Kismayo's main export had been bananas, supplemented by livestock, leather, canned food, and other goods. It had modern slaughterhouses, sizable meat and fish canneries, tanneries, and other small industries.

Kismayo city under East African rule was the same when it came to banana exports. Compared with Kismayo, however, Mogadishu also had a relatively flourishing cotton industry. The banks of the Shebelle River were likewise an important East African production area for high-quality long-staple cotton.

East Africa's long-staple cotton-producing regions were mainly divided into three major areas: the Shebelle River basin in Northern Province, the Juba River basin in Juba Province, and finally the lower White Nile production area in Nile Province.

Under these circumstances, all three regions processed cotton to remove the seeds, then shipped the semi-finished products to textile centers such as Nairobi, Mombasa, and Dar es Salaam for further processing to meet demand on the East African mainland.

They could also be exported directly through the ports as raw materials. Demand for long-staple cotton was strong, so there was no need to worry about the market. This cotton was basically sold to Europe, especially Central and Eastern Europe, injecting fresh blood into the relatively developed textile industries of Germany and Austria and further enhancing the competitiveness of their products.

Bananas and cotton were industries strongly promoted by the East African government, while Somalia region's once-renowned livestock industry had already shrunk. Other distinctive industries had seen