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Chapter 40 The Crisis in Tanzania

"This place is not just a factory, but also a school."

We will also build an African digital skills training center in the park, which will train 500 engineers and skilled workers from Mauritius and surrounding countries every year.

We will cover all costs and teach these people how to manufacture, disassemble, and replace mobile phone parts free of charge. We understand the principle of teaching someone how to fish rather than giving them a fish.

In the future, these individuals can also join our after-sales service channels or establish their own mobile phone stores. Whatever they choose, they are welcome.

The applause from the audience grew even louder; investing in and building a factory is a good thing. But cultivating talent is the real long-term commitment.

Technology is the most important thing.

Of course, Transsion isn't all charity; it won't waive tuition fees, but there will still be some other associated costs, after all, Africa is not our land...

Adebayor said a few words and then handed the stage over to the Minister of Industry of Mauritius.

The Minister of Industry was a very practical person; he never imagined that Transsion would place its first factory in the newly developed Mauritius.

He originally wanted to attract investment, but... this was like a pie falling from the sky, no, it was a cake!

Once on stage, he couldn't stop smiling: "We in Mauritius have always been open to foreign companies, and there have been quite a few private foreign companies over the years, but not many technology companies."

Especially technology companies that are willing to train skilled workers for us.

But Transsion did it.

To support such an outstanding foreign company, Mauritius has decided to replace all official equipment used by its government personnel with Transsion Power Max! The initial purchase will be 1 units to support our business.

This is a very smart statement, which both supports the investing companies and demonstrates their confidence in local manufacturing.

Of course, they also have their own ulterior motives.

After all, only by making Transsion the business jet of Mauritius can its sales continue to increase, and only then will the factory stay in business and even grow bigger.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, Adebayor accompanied officials and reporters on a tour of the planning model, explaining the main functions of the factory.

In the future, this place will mainly manufacture T80 and T1 models, as well as take on some of the production capacity of Power Max. If the technology is approved by headquarters, it will also be able to handle more high-end models in the future.

Most of the factory's capacity will be used to supply the Mauritius and neighboring countries markets.

During the presentation, his phone kept vibrating, mostly with congratulatory messages, but a small portion were from people hoping that Transsion would set up a factory in their country in the future.

But one thing made his smile freeze slightly.

This message came from Mohammed, the Minister of Investment of Tanzania. Shen Fei had previously emphasized to him that this man was a difficult one to deal with.

He later spoke with Muhammad, and the conclusion was: "Well, the boss is right. This guy has no idea what he's capable of."

This text message was even more outrageous: "Mr. Adebayor, I am very disappointed."

We were very cooperative when you held your press conference here before. Furthermore, your company's CEO personally promised to prioritize building a factory in Tanzania. Why has it now turned into Mauritius?

We need an explanation.

Adebayor made an excuse, left the crowd, and called back.

"Minister Mohammed, let me explain..."

Tanzania is quite important to the African market, and he attaches great importance to this matter.

But their attitude over there seems to be taking themselves a little too seriously...

"Explain what?" Muhammad's voice on the other end of the phone was tinged with anger.

"Tanzania offered you the best land policies, the most favorable taxes, and the fastest approval process. We just wanted you to develop related industries, but you turned around and went to that small island nation."

This is an insult to us, and you will pay the price.

"Minister, the site selection is the result of comprehensive consideration." Adebayo tried his best to keep his emotions in check, after all, today was a joyous day.

"Mauritius has better port conditions, making it convenient to export to South Africa, Madagascar, and even China. Moreover, we can utilize a more mature electronics industry here, which can save us costs."

"So Tanzania doesn't deserve it," Muhammad interrupted him, making a direct threat.

"Adebayor, let me tell you. If Transsion cannot provide satisfactory compensation, Tanzania will impose a special tariff of 10% on all Transsion products."

There will also be some difficulties with your store's approval, promotional activity permits, and related on-the-ground promotion activities.

I heard that your ground promotion team painted "GG" on people's walls without their permission. This behavior seriously infringes on their rights...

We must impose appropriate penalties.

A naked threat.

Adebayor took a deep breath; he hadn't expected someone who could become a minister of a nation to be so unreasonable.

But with the additional tariffs, Transsion is unlikely to foot the bill anyway; in the end, only… will suffer.

However, the card store verification process and GG's issues will have a certain impact on them.

Although the GG fee has been paid for the voice transmission.

"Minister, Transsion has more than 150 stores in Tanzania, employs more than 1700 local staff, and pays more than US$70 in taxes to Tanzania every month."

If this were to actually happen, it wouldn't just be Transsion that suffers, but also Tanzanian consumers and the job market.

This is Adebayor's trump card: employing a large number of local people. Although the wages are not as high as those of foreign companies, they are already double the income of local people.

This is his greatest source of confidence.

He clearly hadn't expected the other party to be so foolish.

"Then you can give it a try." With that, Muhammad hung up the phone.

Adebayor held his phone, his expression somewhat grave. Since becoming the de facto head of Transsion's Africa region, very few people had spoken to him like this.

The probability of building a factory in Tanzania was originally 50%, but now, with this uncertainty, the probability has dropped to 20%, or even 0%.

Of course, he also understood Muhammad's anger. Tanzania did want to develop its own technology companies and had extended an olive branch to Transsion.

The offered conditions were reasonable, but the accompanying conditions were a bit excessive. Furthermore, business decisions cannot be based solely on personal relationships; Mauritius's overall conditions were indeed superior.

More importantly, this is the boss's strategic plan; building a factory in Mauritius will allow him to better serve the surrounding market.

But Tanzania's reaction is now more intense than expected.

He immediately reported the situation to his boss.

Shen Fei responded quickly: "Try to appease Muhammad, and at the same time move all their tents out."

Let's leave the rest to the smugglers.

Remember, those people are not our employees, so we are not responsible for their after-sales service.

Adebayor's eyes lit up.

This is a clever move; on the surface it's appeasement, but in reality it's a sign that they've given up.

He was about to call Muhammad back when his assistant rushed over.

"Vice President, I just received news that Bird mobile phones have been launched in Tanzania."