African Lakes
The African Lakes Corporation plc (ALC) was a British company originally set-up in 1877 by Scottish businessmen to co-operate with Presbyterian missions in what is now Malawi. Building on its original connections with the Free Church of Scotland, it operated its businesses in Africa on a commercial basis with a larger philanthropic purpose. Its businesses in the colonial era included water transport on the lakes and rivers of Central Africa, wholesale and retail trading including the operation of general stores, labour recruitment, landowning and later an automotive business. The company later diversified, but suffered an economic decline in the 1990s and was liquidated in 2007. One of the last Directors of the company kindly bought the records of the company and donated them to Glasgow Un
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African Lakes
The African Lakes Corporation plc (ALC) was a British company originally set-up in 1877 by Scottish businessmen to co-operate with Presbyterian missions in what is now Malawi. Building on its original connections with the Free Church of Scotland, it operated its businesses in Africa on a commercial basis with a larger philanthropic purpose. Its businesses in the colonial era included water transport on the lakes and rivers of Central Africa, wholesale and retail trading including the operation of general stores, labour recruitment, landowning and later an automotive business. The company later diversified, but suffered an economic decline in the 1990s and was liquidated in 2007. One of the last Directors of the company kindly bought the records of the company and donated them to Glasgow Un
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Die African Lakes Company (Afr ...... fte von African Lakes Company.
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La Compañía Lagos de África (A ...... esa African Lagos Corporation.
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The African Lakes Corporation ...... still available for research.
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Die African Lakes Company (Afr ...... n so genannten Stephenson-Weg.
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La Compañía Lagos de África (A ...... el llamado camino Stephenson.
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The African Lakes Corporation ...... and donated them to Glasgow Un
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African Lakes Corporation
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African Lakes
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Afrikanische Seengesellschaft
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