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 West Africa (Togo and Cameroon) but did not actually govern them — unlike its counterpart in German East Africa.
History
Flag of the German West Africa Company (DWAG)
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
Main article: Kamerun
Now modern day Cameroon and part of Nigeria.
Togo
Main article: Togoland
Now modern day Togo and part of Ghana.
See also
Sources and references
- ^ Schnee, Heinrich; Albert Hermann Heinrich Schnee (1908). Unsere Kolonien. Quelle & Meyer. p. 37 & 54. http://books.google.com/books?id=s-5IAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ German Bundesrat (1904). Die deutsche Kolonial-gesetzgebung. E.S. Mittler und sohn. p. 238. http://books.google.com/books?id=AsEOAAAAYAAJ.
Horst Gründer, Geschichte der deutschen Kolonien, 4th ed. (Paderborn, Ferdinand Schöningh, 2000).
- CRWFlags.com contains its flag
- WorldStatesmen- here Cameroon & Togo
Colonies
Wituland · German East Africa (Tanganyika · Rwanda · Burundi · Kionga Triangle) · Togoland · German South-West Africa (Namibia) · German West Africa (Kamerun · Neukamerun)
German New Guinea (German Solomon Islands · German Marshall Islands · Caroline Islands · German Mariana Islands · Nauru · Palau) · German Samoa
Concessions
Unrecognised
British
Company of Merchant Adventurers of London · Company of Merchant Adventurers · London and Bristol Company · African Company of Merchants · Muscovy Company · Spanish Company · Eastland Company · Morocco Company · East India Company · Levant Company · Virginia Company · French Company · Massachusetts Bay Company · Providence Island Company · Royal West Indian Company · Hudson's Bay Company · Royal African Company · Greenland Company · South Sea Company · Sierra Leone Company · North Borneo Company · Royal Niger Company · South Africa Company
French
Company of One Hundred Associates · Compagnie de l'Occident · Compagnie du Mississippi · Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique · Compagnie des Indes Occidentales · Compagnie des Indes Orientales
German
Brandenburg African Company · Emden Company · West African Company · New Guinea Company · East Africa Company
Portuguese
Low Countries
Dutch East India Company · Nordic Company · New Netherland Company · Dutch West India Company · Ostend Company
Scandinavian
Danish East India Company · Danish West India Company · Royal Greenland · New Sweden Company · Swedish Africa Company · Swedish East India Company · Swedish West India Company · Swedish Levant Company