While Ernst was on his inspection journey, Bela City by the Indian Ocean also welcomed new development opportunities.
Unlike Maputo, Bela City is entirely a new city developed by East Africa, but its development speed had already surpassed all East African cities, including the former capital Maputo of Mozambique by 1892. The main reason for this situation was East Africa's policy inclination towards Bela City.
In the past, Africa's industrial concentration was in the northeastern part of South Africa, within the original Transvaal Republic territory, including Johannesburg (South Africa's largest city, undeveloped by East Africa) and Pretoria (present-day Otto City in East Africa), which are important industrial and mining cities in South Africa.
