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The German East Africa Company was an organisation founded by Karl Peters
Karl Peters

Karl Peters , Germany traveler in Africa, one of the founders of German East Africa , was born at Amt Neuhaus an der Elbe near Hannover, the son of a Lutheran clergyman....
 (with imperial
German Empire

The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I, German Emperor as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became Weimar republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of William II, German Emperor ....
 backing from Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck

Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Sch?nhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, Prince of Bismarck, , was a Kingdom of Prussia and Germany statesman and aristocrat of the 19th century....
) on April 2, 1885, to govern German East Africa
German East Africa

German East Africa was a German Empire colony in East Africa, including what is now Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika . It measured 994,996 km? in size or nearly three times the size of re-united Germany today....
 (modern Tanzania
Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
). The Company established the colony's first capital city
Capital City

Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....
 at Bagamoyo
Bagamoyo

The town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, was founded at the end of the 18th century. It was the original capital of German East Africa and was one of the most important trading ports along the East African coast....
, but soon moved the capital to Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre....
.

In 1888, the Company absorbed the bankrupt
Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay its creditors. Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against a debtor in an effort to recoup a portion of what they are owed or initiate a restructuring....
 German Witu Society, which had been created to trade in the German protectorate
Protectorate

A protectorate, in international law, is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity, in exchange for which the protectorate usually accepts specified obligations, which may vary greatly, depending on the real nature of their relationship....
 of Wituland
Wituland

Wituland was an approximately 3000 km? territory in East Africa centered on the town of Witu just inland from Indian Ocean port of Lamu north of the mouth of the Tana River in what is now Kenya....
 only a year and a half before.

In April 1888 the Company leased the coastal strip opposite Zanzibar
Zanzibar

Zanzibar is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25?50 km off the coast of the mainland....
 from Sultan Khalifa bin Said for 50 years.






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The German East Africa Company was an organisation founded by Karl Peters
Karl Peters

Karl Peters , Germany traveler in Africa, one of the founders of German East Africa , was born at Amt Neuhaus an der Elbe near Hannover, the son of a Lutheran clergyman....
 (with imperial
German Empire

The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I, German Emperor as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became Weimar republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of William II, German Emperor ....
 backing from Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck

Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Sch?nhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, Prince of Bismarck, , was a Kingdom of Prussia and Germany statesman and aristocrat of the 19th century....
) on April 2, 1885, to govern German East Africa
German East Africa

German East Africa was a German Empire colony in East Africa, including what is now Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika . It measured 994,996 km? in size or nearly three times the size of re-united Germany today....
 (modern Tanzania
Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
). The Company established the colony's first capital city
Capital City

Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....
 at Bagamoyo
Bagamoyo

The town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, was founded at the end of the 18th century. It was the original capital of German East Africa and was one of the most important trading ports along the East African coast....
, but soon moved the capital to Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre....
.

In 1888, the Company absorbed the bankrupt
Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay its creditors. Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against a debtor in an effort to recoup a portion of what they are owed or initiate a restructuring....
 German Witu Society, which had been created to trade in the German protectorate
Protectorate

A protectorate, in international law, is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity, in exchange for which the protectorate usually accepts specified obligations, which may vary greatly, depending on the real nature of their relationship....
 of Wituland
Wituland

Wituland was an approximately 3000 km? territory in East Africa centered on the town of Witu just inland from Indian Ocean port of Lamu north of the mouth of the Tana River in what is now Kenya....
 only a year and a half before.

In April 1888 the Company leased the coastal strip opposite Zanzibar
Zanzibar

Zanzibar is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25?50 km off the coast of the mainland....
 from Sultan Khalifa bin Said for 50 years. Its attempt to take over the administration led to a general revolt along the coast
Abushiri Revolt

The Abushiri Revolt was an a so-called insurrection in 1888-1889 by the Arab population of the areas of the East African coast which were granted to German Empire by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1888....
 of what is now Tanzania. The company could only hold to Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo with the help of the German navy. 1889 it had to request the assistance of the German government to put down the rebellion.

In 1891, after it became apparent that the Company could not handle its dominiums, it sold out to the German government which began to rule German East Africa directly, thus rendering the Company to running some plantations and trade business.

See also

  • Reichskolonialbund
    Reichskolonialbund

    The Reichskolonialbund was a collective body that absorbed all German colonial organizations during the time of the Third Reich. It was led by Franz Ritter von Epp....