German East Africa Company

…the first capital of the German East Africa Company (1887–91). Pop. (2002) 28,368.

…of influence and established the German East Africa Company, which obtained an imperial charter in 1885. He reached Uganda in 1890 and concluded a treaty with the king, but without the support of the German government. This treaty was declared void, for an agreement had been reached between Germany and…

…of the area from the German East Africa Company. Although its subjugation was not completed until 1907, the colony experienced considerable economic development before World War I. During the war it was occupied by the British, who received a mandate to administer the greater part of it (Tanganyika Territory) by…

…an imperial charter for his German East Africa Company. With this the European Scramble for Africa began. In east-central Africa the key occurrence was the Anglo-German Agreement of 1886, by which the two parties agreed that their spheres of influence in East Africa should be divided by a line running…

…the administrative inability of the German East Africa Company, which had theretofore ruled the country, the German government in 1891 declared a protectorate over its sphere of influence and over the coastal strip, where the company had bought out the sultan’s rights. Germany was eager to exploit the resources of…