Imperial British East Africa Company
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The Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC) was the administrator of British East Africa, the forerunner of the East Africa Protectorate, later Kenya. It was a commercial association founded to develop African trade in the areas controlled by the British colonial power. Created after the Berlin Treaty of 1885, it was led by William Mackinnon and built upon his company's trading activities in the region, with the encouragement of the British government.
The IBEAC oversaw an area of approximately 246,800 mi² (639,209 km²) situated along the eastern coast of Africa, its centre being at about 39° East longitude and 0° latitude, and from 1890 also administered Uganda. The administration of British East Africa was transferred to the Foreign Office on 1 July 1895, and in 1896 so was control of Uganda.
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- John S. Galbraith, Mackinnon and East Africa 1878-1895 (Cambridge 1972)
- The partition of East Africa (1856 - 1891)
- 1911 Encyclopedia
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