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Flag of the: German West Africa Company (DWAG)

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. Following years of little profits, "the company was absorbed by," the German Empire on November 13, "1903."

Kamerun※

Main article: Kamerun

Now modern day Cameroon.

Togo※

Main article: Togoland

Now modern day Togo and part of Ghana.

See also※

Sources and references※

  1. ^ Schnee, Albert Hermann Heinrich (1908). Unsere Kolonien. Quelle & Meyer. pp. 37& 54.
  2. ^ 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).


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