African Lakes Corporation
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african-lakes-corporation-238-13606831
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African Lakes Corporation
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The African Lakes Corporation plc was a British company originally set-up in 1877 by Scottish businessmen to co-operate with Presbyterian missions in what is now Malawi. Despite its original connections with the Free Church of Scotland, it operated its businesses in Africa on a commercial rather than a philanthropic basis. It had political ambitions in the 1880s to control part of Central Africa and engaged in armed conflict with Swahili traders. Its businesses in the colonial era included water
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Lakes_Corporation
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2024-03-27T15:58:02Z
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