German West African Company
The German West African Company, in German Deutsch-Westafrikanische Gesellschaft / Compagnie, was a German chartered company, founded in 1885. It exploited the two German protectorates in German West Africa (Togo and Cameroon) but did not actually govern them — unlike its counterpart in German East Africa.
History
The German West African Company was established as a chartered company with a headquarters in Hamburg. The company was active in both Kamerun and Togoland.[1] Following years of little profits, the company was absorbed by the German Empire on November 13, 1903.[2]
Kamerun
Now modern day Cameroon.
Togo
Now modern day Togo and part of Ghana.
See also
Sources and references
- ^ Schnee, Albert Hermann Heinrich (1908). Unsere Kolonien. Quelle & Meyer. pp. 37 & 54.
- ^ German Bundesrat (1904). Die deutsche Kolonial-gesetzgebung. E.S. Mittler und sohn. p. 238.
Horst Gründer, Geschichte der deutschen Kolonien, 4th ed. (Paderborn, Ferdinand Schöningh, 2000).
- CRWFlags.com contains its flag
- WorldStatesmen- here Cameroon & Togo
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Categories:
- German West Africa
- Chartered companies
- Defunct companies of Germany
- History of Cameroon
- History of Togo
- Companies established in 1885
- Companies disestablished in 1906
- 1885 establishments in Africa
- 1885 establishments in the German colonial empire
- 1903 disestablishments in Africa
- 1903 disestablishments in the German colonial empire