Traders

• Cecil Rhodes owned all of South Africa's diamond mines, which accounted for 90% of the world's diamond production.
• Cecil Rhodes's aim was to unite Africa.
• The Limpopo River was a significant location in Cecil Rhodes's plans.
• Cecil Rhodes wanted to remove the Transvaal's advantage.
• Sir William Mackinnon founded the Calcutta and Burma Steam Navigation Company, which became the British India Steam Navigation Company and reached the coast of East Africa.
• Sir William Mackinnon expanded trade and removed the private nature of the ships.
• The ships of Sir William Mackinnon's company could carry both cargo and people.
• The Imperial British East Africa Company received a charter and then went bankrupt.
• George Goldie formed the Central African Trading Company.
• In 1879, George Goldie persuaded all British trading firms on the Niger river to create the United African Company.
• George Goldie's family brought palm oil plantations as well as cocoa and coffee plantations.
• George Goldie helped Britain claim its right to be a protectorate of North and South Niger at the Berlin Conference.
• George Goldie's company, the Royal Niger Company, received a royal charter in 1886.
• George Goldie is often referred to as "Cecil Rhodes of West Africa".
• In the 1890s, George Goldie was involved in China.