In today's Germans talent market, graduates majoring in chemistry are very popular, so it is not an isolated case for East African students like Shalier'an to be intercepted by German companies, but a common phenomenon.
In fact, the German chemical industry started not too early. Most of them started after the 1960s and 1970s. The rise of the German chemical industry only happened in recent years, and the entry of German higher education into the chemical industry was a common phenomenon that only started after the 1970s.
Therefore, chemical education in Germany actually lags behind the development of the chemical industry, and the talent market has formed a situation of "supply exceeds demand".
At this time, German chemical companies set their sights on the huge group of East African students. Currently, the largest number of international students in Germany is East Africans. Especially after the 1980s, the number of East African students going to Germany every year has remained at more than 4,000.
For comparison, during the same period, the number of Japan students studying in Europe and the United States was only over a thousand, and until 1890 it was just over two thousand.
And this is only the number of East African students in Germany, plus Austro-Hungarian Empire and East African students from Sweden, France, the Netherlands, etc., the number of East African students in 1892 alone exceeded 10,000, while the number of East African mainland college students during the same period was only more than 7,000.
It is equivalent to saying that most of the higher education in East Africa is achieved with the help of foreign higher education. There is no way to do this. In this era, East African higher education talents who can serve as faculty members are among the top elites in any country without exception.
During the same period, the number of college students in Germany has exceeded 30,000. This does not include some technical colleges. Of course, a large part of German higher education (including technical colleges) are East African students, accounting for an astonishing about 4.5%.
Therefore, East Africa's investment in education is extremely exaggerated. However, high investment represents high returns. Without talent training, it is impossible for East Africa to quickly pursue international standards or even reach leading levels in emerging industries and some traditional industries.
Moreover, international students from East Africa are mainly concentrated in the fields of science and engineering, which makes German companies even more aggressive in poaching East African international students. Nearly 20% of the international students stay in Germany every year.
You must know that the 20% of international students who can be favored by German companies are obviously not mediocre people, but those who have highlighted their true talents while in school.
It means that international students from East Africa have boosted Germany's industrial development, so German government is very welcome to the East African international student community. In addition to generating income for higher education institutions and localities, they can also use it for their own purposes. Why not do it. Shalier'an is one of the young East Africans who stayed in Germany under this background.
"Germany is so cheap!" Burleyland sighed after learning about Shalier'an's experience. East Africa's investment in international students is not only money, but also time and energy costs. Not to mention the cost of ten years of compulsory education alone is quite staggering.
However, there is no way around this. Now Germany and Europe are far more developed than East Africa, and East Africa cannot rely on strong methods to force these talents to return home. It is better to sell them one. At least many German education fields have become more open to East Africa.
It has also improved the reputation of East Africa in Germany. The quality of East African students in Germany is generally high, and they are semi-"same species", so they are naturally very popular. This represents Germany's high education level and strong cultural attraction.
But overall, East Africa is not at a disadvantage. At least 80% of international students will still choose to return home for development. East Africa adopts a "wide net" strategy. There will always be people who can promote the great development of various industries in East Africa.
For example, in the chemical industry, the proportion of returned talents in this industry is only about 40%, but it has also laid the foundation for the great improvement of the chemical industry in various industrial areas in East Africa.
Yes, there is a chemical industry in the industrial areas and coastal cities of East Africa, but due to its short development history, it is not yet competitive with European and American countries that were decades earlier.
This is also an important reason for East Africa and Germany to cooperate in the field of chemical industry. In the field of chemistry, Britain and France are still strong. United States is also extremely powerful. Like Germany, it is a rising star. United States and DuPont are old giants in the chemical industry.
Germany started the latest among the four, but it has already surpassed Britain, France, and Germany. The reason for Germany's success is the Germans talent training mechanism.
The reason why East Africa currently lags behind in the two heavy industries of chemicals and materials is actually mainly a matter of time. East Africa's chemical industry only started to take off in the late 1970s, which is nearly 20 years later than Germany.
Previously, investment in East Africa was mainly concentrated in steel, railways, electricity and other fields. Investment in the chemical industry was not high, and the chemical industry is a very money-burning industry.
For example, a new dye that Bavs Company was developing directly burned more than a thousand Mark, and it is still going on. Today, Buffs' market value is less than 20 million Mark.
Therefore, if East Africa wants to develop in the chemical industry, in addition to talent training, it must continue to invest high amounts of money, and it may not be effective in a short time. Just like the research and development in the field of machine tools, there is no way to make shortcuts, and it can only continue to invest time and money to achieve qualitative improvements.
Afterwards, Burleyland began to introduce the location conditions of Bella City to the members of the delegation. Everyone spoke German, so there was no language barrier.
"Don't look at Bella City now as inferior to Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, but in the past three years, our government's investment in Bella City has topped the list, surpassing other cities across the country."
"We only need to wait two more months for the Harare-Beira Railway to be fully completed. I think Mr. Shalier'an should know something about Harare city. Harare city is currently the second largest industrial city in East Africa after Mbeya. At the same time, Matabele Province, where Harare is located, is East African industry's most important place, which is equivalent to Ruhr area in Germany. It is the first industrial powerhouse in East Africa that brings together steel, metal smelting, railway equipment manufacturing, machining, chemicals, materials and other industries."
"Our Bella City seems to have nothing to do with Matabele Province. In fact, it is the most convenient sea port for Matabele Province in the future. After the railway is opened, it will only take one day from Beira to Harare city."
"You can see with the naked eye the development speed of Bella City. Three years ago, this was an uninhabited bay. Before that, this was the area ruled by Portuguese. Portuguese had no development here. Therefore, BASF's branch factory can only achieve maximum benefits if it is built in our city."
"Of course, I know that Nairobi is the largest textile industry city in East Africa. Your company's main business is closely related to the textile industry, so Mombasa has a strong attraction, but the second largest textile industry city in East Africa is Matabele Province's Bulawayo is also a huge market that cannot be ignored, and the scale of Bulawayo's textile industry is still expanding rapidly. I am afraid it will be comparable to Nairobi in the next few years."
"At that time, our Bella City will be the main export channel for Bulawayo textiles. With the central government's attention, Bella City will also spawn a number of textile companies. At this point, our Bella City is far more powerful than Dar es Salaam and Mombasa have an advantage because it is easier for the new textile industry to cooperate with your company. After all, cities such as Dar es Salaam and Mombasa have developed early and have certain path dependencies, so they may not fully adopt your company's products."
"And you have a lot of competitors. Many German and Austrian companies are eyeing big cities like Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, just like your German competitor Bayer."
"So if you choose to build a factory in Bella City, I can give you the greatest convenience, such as factory construction. Cities such as Dar es Salaam and Mombasa will definitely not be able to give you the best location. After all, they have been developing for decades and have a large territory. If they enter now, they will at best place you in a relatively peripheral area..."
In order to promote Bella City, Burleyland keeps pushing other cities, but it has no guilt in this regard. After all, other cities must have adopted similar methods when introducing this city, especially Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, the two East African "twin stars", who almost never put any city in East Africa in their eyes except each other.