Ambas Bay Trading Company

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Ambas Bay Trading Company was a British company which operated in Cameroon between 1884 and 1920. It was one of the smaller companies that preceded the

United African Company.[1] It also operated under the name in Fernando Po
until 1970.

The firm was founded in November 1888 by Walter Woodin in partnership with Benjamin Bullock. Woodin served as the manager and also managed his own firm, W.D. Woodin and Co. The company's activities was concentrated in

war, business activities slowed in 1914. After the war, most of the firm's properties in Victoria were sold to W.D. Woodin and Co and remaining shares were sold to the African & Eastern Trade Corporation.[1]
In San Fernando Po, Ambas Bay Trading continued to conduct business under the name until 1970.

References

  1. ^ a b Frederick Pedler, The Lion and the Unicorn in Africa: The United African Company 1787–1931 (London: Heinemann, 1974). Pp 89-90