Moreover, in these five years, East Africa and the United States' shipyards have had ample time to apply and validate a plethora of emerging technologies, allowing other countries that purchase military or commercial ships from East Africa and the United States to break away from the traditional preconceptions of the shipbuilding market.
This is particularly important for East Africa, as its history is quite short, making it a latecomer among latecomers, which means East African industrial goods need to exert more effort to succeed overseas.
After all, for international customers, well-established brands signify guarantees of quality and reputation. Given two products of the same quality and price, people naturally prefer to opt for the established brand, as it carries less perceived risk.
In East Africa, only traditional advantaged industries like automobiles and electronics remain unaffected, as these are newly opened fields.
