Chapter 762 Casablanca

Speaking of Africa, in many people's impression, it is the hometown of black people, mainly black people.

In fact, there are many countries in Africa that are not black countries, such as Egypt, Libya, Algeria and Tunisia, which are mainly white people, or more precisely, Arabs. Most of these countries are concentrated in North Africa.

Among them, Morocco, where Baron's fleet is about to arrive.

Morocco is known as the back garden of Europe. From the map, you can see that Morocco is very close to Europe and can be said to be across the sea from Spain.

This place was once ruled by France and Spain respectively, so many Europeans can also be seen in Morocco.

"There are so many towns in the world, and there are so many taverns in the towns, but she walked into my tavern..."

"Wow, "Casablanca", I have also seen this movie."

Baron's two super yachts were docked in Casablanca, which is the largest city and the largest port in Morocco. At the same time, it is also the place where the story of the classic movie "Casablanca" takes place.

After the fleet arrived in the African waters, this was also the first African port they docked.

It is worth mentioning that before this, Kolo's main mineral deposit was phosphate, which is also Morocco's most important mineral resource. Morocco's phosphate reserves are estimated to be 110 billion tons, accounting for almost 75% of the world's reserves!

Normally, people here can live a good life just by selling phosphates...

Of course, in reality, for a small country like Morocco that was once a colony, this kind of mineral resources is naturally difficult to benefit ordinary people, and the influence of the French here is still strong.

Like Countess Bout and Bonnie, they have come to Morocco for fun before, and Tamaran's body has recovered well. She walked with Barron on the streets of Casablanca and exclaimed:

"It looks like a European city here. Whether it is the style of the building or the pedestrians coming and going, it doesn't look like an African country at all..."

"Yes, Morocco is often called the least African country in Africa. After all, it is mainly Arabs and Berbers, all of whom are white, accounting for 95% of the total population..."

Barron took her hand and said to the woman:

"And it was a long time ago here. All this time was ruled by France, so the architectural style and humanities are very similar to those in Europe..."

"You know a lot, dear."

Facing Tamaran's admiring eyes, Barron touched his nose-well, this is what Bonnie told him before when he was about to dock...

Whether it is coming to Morocco or docking at ports in Portugal and Spain before, in addition to Barron's two superyachts, the two warships belonging to Colo are not convenient to dock for a long time except for necessary supplies, so they often temporarily anchor near the coast and wait for Barron to play and protect them.

Barron and his group will stay in the most luxurious hotel in Casablanca, play here for two days, and then set off again.

...

On August 1, the British Minister of Digital, Culture, Media and Sports announced Britain's "Super Broadband Future Plan".

According to this plan, the British government will invest in stages, totaling 5 billion pounds, to subsidize the construction of facilities for related telecommunications companies. The goal is to achieve a national high-speed network coverage rate of 95% within five years, and the public can enjoy at least 24Mbps high-speed broadband network.

Unlike before, this time it is not British Telecom (BT) that gets the largest share of subsidies for this plan. In addition to BT, O2 Telecom also gets at least 35% of the subsidies based on the broadband transformation plan they proposed to the British government for the next five years.

If O2 Telecom can complete this transformation plan, they can even get more than half of the subsidies...

In addition, the British government will invest 8 billion pounds to establish a national digital industry investment fund, which will provide investment and low-interest financing for related digital industry companies to help related British companies develop.

It can be said that this plan has been widely expected after it was proposed.

Not only can it promote the popularization of broadband networks in the UK, but it will also have a great role in promoting the digital industry in the UK.

So far, the Digital Future Investment Company under Caesar Fund has invested in more than 100 projects, including start-ups that can get relatively good returns on investment. In addition, some companies with unique technologies or ideas have been acquired by companies such as Woaw, Argos Retail Group and DailyVedio, and the effect is still very obvious.

Now with the support of the British government, even from the perspective of Digital Future Investment Company, many of the start-up projects they support are likely to receive support from this digital industry investment fund, thereby alleviating the financial pressure of Digital Future.

In addition to this good news, O2 Telecom CEO Barry Trelles, who went to Germany to negotiate with Deutsche Telekom, also brought good results to Barron.

In the end, after O2 Telecom's bid reached 4.35 billion euros, Deutsche Telekom finally gave in and was willing to sell its shares in Greek Telecom to O2 Telecom - which means that Deutsche Telekom finally gave up its control over Greek Telecom.

After completing this acquisition, O2 Telecom's stake in Hellenic Telecom will exceed 60%, turning it into a subsidiary of O2 Telecom.

After Hellenic Telecom becomes a subsidiary of O2 Telecom, O2 Telecom will successfully enter the Southern European market and consolidate its Eastern European market, becoming one of the telecommunications companies with the largest number of users in this market...

"The market in Eastern Europe is developing very fast. Compared with the Western European and Northern European markets, which have entered a relatively stable period, the market there has more potential..."

Berry Trelles said in an email to Barron:

"And the most important thing is that the young people there are very enthusiastic about our culture and trends, and as many countries try to integrate into the European Union, their markets are completely open to us, and there will also become a market that many European telecommunications companies are actively exploring..."

Indeed, Eastern Europe is not only one of the important markets for Western European products, but also the young people there are beginning to fill the labor shortage here as they integrate into the European Union. They are willing to go to Western Europe and other countries to work, and they don't have the habit of saving too much, and they are very willing to spend the income they get.

Therefore, not only O2 Telecom, but also other industries in Burundi, such as Argos Retail Group, have begun to expand into the Eastern European market as a new frontier after the markets in Western Europe and Northern Europe have stabilized.