The Gesellschaft Süd-Kamerun (german: South Cameroon Company) was a private trading corporation formed in 1898, facilitated by governor
Jesko von Puttkamer
Jesko Albert Eugen von Puttkamer (2 July 1855 in Berlin – 23 July 1917 in Berlin) was a German colonial military chief, and nine times governor of Kamerun:
*13 May 1887 – 4 October 1887
*14 August 1890 – 2 December 1890
*31 December 189 ...
, to run the rubber and ivory trade in the southeast of the German colony of
Kamerun
Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon. Kamerun also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western parts of the Central African Republic, southwestern p ...
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List of trading companies
A trading company is a business that works with different kinds of products sold for consumer, business purposes. In contemporary times, trading companies buy a specialized range of products, shopkeeper them, and coordinate delivery of products t ...
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Gesellschaft Nordwest-Kamerun The Gesellschaft Nordwest-Kamerun (german: Northwest Cameroon Company) was a private trading corporation formed in 1899 to exploit natural resources in the Bamoun and Bamileke regions of the German colony of Kamerun
Kamerun was an African colo ...
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Trading companies
Kamerun
Companies established in 1898
1898 establishments in the German colonial empire
Chartered companies
Companies based in Hamburg