United Africa Company
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Name (Latin)
United Africa Company
Other forms of name
United Africa Company, ltd
I︠U︡naĭted Afrika kompani
Rengō Afurika Kaisha
UAC (United Africa Company, ltd.)
See Also From tracing corporate name
Plantations Pamol du Cameroun
Royal Niger Company
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Its Statistical & economic review.
- Courade, G. Unilever industrial plantations in Cameroun, or, The growth of a multinational firm in a marginal region, c1977:p. 2, etc. (Ambas Bay Trading Company [no publs. in LC] was incorp. into Miller Brothers [no publs. in LC] then bought by African and Eastern Trading Corporation [no publs. in LC] which joined United Africa Company in 1929. Later called Pamol(Nigeria) Ltd. [no publs. in LC] and Pamol (Cameroon) Ltd. [no publs. in LC], called Plantations Pamol du Cameroun Limited since 1968)
- Muroi, Y. Rengō Afurika Kaisa no rekishi, 1879-1979, 1992:t.p. (Rengō Afurika Kaisha) pref. (also: United Africa Company, Ltd.)
- Trade winds on the Niger, 1996:t.p. (Royal Niger Company) p. 204, etc. (in 01-01-1900, the Royal Niger Company chg. its name to Niger Company Limited [no publs. in LC database]; merged with African & Eastern Trade Corporation to form United Africa Company (UAC) in 1929)
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Wikipedia description:
The United Africa Company (UAC) was a British company which principally traded in West Africa during the 20th century. The United Africa Company was formed in 1929 as a result of the merger of The Niger Company, which had been effectively owned by Lever Brothers since 1920, and the African & Eastern Trade Corporation. In the early 1930s the United Africa Company was nearly reduced to bankruptcy and as a result it came under the control of Unilever which had just been formed. Unilever had only been created from the merger of Lever Brothers and the Dutch Margarine Union earlier on 3 March 1929. The United Africa Company continued as subsidiary of Unilever until 1987 when it was absorbed by the parent company.
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