At present, Kolo, in layman's terms, has entered a stage of "focusing on economic construction" after ending years of civil strife.
Almost all of the low-interest loans obtained by the Colo government from countries such as Britain, the World Bank and China have been invested in domestic people's livelihood construction, including education, medical care and some infrastructure.
Among these infrastructure projects, they attach the most importance to the construction of water conservancy and roads.
Because of Kolo's special climate, its north and south ends are plains and the middle part is a plateau. In fact, both precipitation and transportation have had a certain impact on Togo's development.
In terms of agriculture, Colo is divided by the central plateau area. The southern part has a tropical rainforest climate with an average annual temperature of about 27°C; the northern part has a tropical savanna climate with an average annual temperature of 30°C...
The southern region has a long dry season from mid-November to March of the following year; the long rainy season is from March to mid-July, the short dry season is from August to September, and the short rainy season is from the end of September to mid-November; the plateau areas in the central region only have a rainy season from April to October; the northern region experiences a short rainy season from May to September, and a dry season from October to April of the following year.
From this climate characteristic, we can see how important it is for them to plan reasonable water conservancy projects in agricultural production.
If we can store water in the rainy season and use it in the dry season, and open up the north-south waterway to balance water resources when the rainy and dry seasons overlap, it will be a great boost to Colo's agricultural production.
However, due to their current economic strength, they can only carry out some water conservancy construction gradually after making an overall plan to meet the needs of their most important agricultural production areas.
Another aspect is transportation. From a geographical point of view, it can be clearly seen that the north and south ends of Kolo are both plains, but are blocked by the plateau area in the middle.
In addition, because the government forces had long controlled the coastal areas, the focus of development was on the coastal province where the capital, Loti, is located. Currently, Colo has an area of 57,000 square kilometers and a total population of nearly 7 million, but nearly 2 million of them are concentrated in the capital, Loti, which covers an area of only 90 square kilometers. This shows the imbalance in its economic development.
The reasons for this are, on the one hand, the previous long-term internal disputes, and on the other hand, its geographical characteristics, coupled with insufficient investment in transportation construction, which has caused relative barriers between the north and the south, making it difficult to transfer the benefits of coastal sea transportation transit to the northern region.
However, given Kolo's location in West Africa, especially its regional advantage of Loti Port, the best port in West Africa, it is very promising to develop it into a freight transit center for the entire West Africa. However, how to quickly transport the goods from Loti Port to other neighboring countries is also a problem they need to solve.
The Kolo government intends to build a highway and railway trunk line running through the north and south. Kolo has a long and narrow territory, about 600 kilometers long from north to south, 150 kilometers wide at its widest point from east to west, and only 50 kilometers at its narrowest point. Therefore, this trunk line is of great significance to Togo.
However, due to the mountainous and plateau areas in the central part, the total investment for just this railway line is estimated to be around 2-3 billion US dollars. If the expressway is included, the total investment for the nearly 600-kilometer expressway, calculated as a six-lane bidirectional expressway, will also be around 2-2.5 billion US dollars...
Kolo certainly does not have so much money to invest in these infrastructure projects at this time, so it can only strengthen the construction of some roads from the capital Loti to the surrounding areas.
However, if the oil field discovered in the Kolo waters this time has relatively large reserves, then the development of this offshore oil field will definitely be able to solve many of Kolo's financial problems in development. In addition, the current international oil price is still on an upward trend, so now is indeed an excellent opportunity to exploit oil.
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In the dim room, there was only a faint "buzzing" sound - it seemed to be the ringing tone of an incoming call after the phone was set to vibrate mode, and other strange sounds that appeared from time to time...
It's like tasting an Alpine lollipop...
If others saw Mrs. Catherine Hall at this moment, they would probably not believe that the beautiful woman who usually looked dignified and elegant was dressed in a different way at this moment.
The 8cm heels were black high heels with red soles, and on top were beautiful legs in black silk stockings, and above that was a fishbone palace-style bodysuit that was vaguely visible...
Especially at the overlap of underwear and stockings, a red indicator light is clearly visible in this dimly lit room.
Barron sat comfortably on the sofa and put the document he had just read on the coffee table. He looked at Mrs. Hall who was kneeling on the ground in front of him...
While the woman was busy, her beautiful eyebrows were slightly frowned, as if she was in some pain, but also seemed to be enduring something...
This scene made Barron couldn't help but grab her hair...
"vomit..."
Catherine breathed deeply and looked at Barron with dissatisfaction in her eyes.
At this moment, Barron's eyes fell on a spot on the carpet that reflected a faint light, and her face became even redder...
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"I don't want to just keep the money I got in the bank. Is there any good investment?"
When the noise in the room quieted down, Mrs. Hall's ruddy face gradually faded, and her hair was covered with beads of sweat. She leaned on Barron's arms and asked this question with a delicate and tired tone...
"If there is a safer option, it would be to buy some real estate here in London, which will appreciate in value in the future."
"What about your Mars Fund? I heard that the fund has very good returns..."
Hearing what the other party said, Barron looked at her with a half-smile:
"Do you trust me so much?"
"Do I have any choice now? I can only choose to believe you..."
After selling her shares in Hall Bank to the Hall family, Catherine received £50 million in cash.
However, although the Hall family also wanted to buy her shares in Northrock Bank, in the end, Catherine listened to Barron and did not sell the shares, but continued to hold them in her own hands.
What she is asking now is how the £50 million will be used.
"If we put this money into the Mars Fund, we will definitely get a good return, which will be more lucrative than other investment methods..."
Barron thought for a while and said to Catherine:
"However, the Mars Fund's capital scale has now exceeded 3 billion US dollars. As the capital grows, future investments will definitely not be able to double or even multiply the returns in a year like in the beginning."
"Even if we can make a stable profit, it's good..."
Catherine was quite open-minded about it.
"If you want to invest in the Mars Fund, although the investment window for this year is not open yet, I can make an exception for you... or if you believe me, then wait a little longer and I will tell you what to buy..."
"good..."
Catherine looked at Barron deeply and said:
"I'll wait for your news."
Because Barron knew that if he let Catherine keep the shares of Northern Rock Bank, when the subprime mortgage crisis came, the value of these shares would definitely shrink significantly...
But controlling a portion of Northern Rock Bank's shares is very important for his future plans.
Barron's principle is that as long as someone trusts him and stands on his side, he will not treat the other party unfairly. Therefore, on the other hand, he will definitely give Catherine enough compensation.
As long as she is obedient enough, she will definitely get more than she has now.