Trade/Commerce Posts filed under Trade/Commerce.
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Ten Years Underground: The 1963 Deal and the Decade Guinea Waited for Its Own Bauxite Boom
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: The Formation: What Actually Got Signed in 1963…
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The Richest Square Mile in Africa, and What Ghana Actually Got From It
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: This closing piece draws together the full swee…
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A Century, Ten Billion Dollars, and a Merger That Erased the Name
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: The Deal: How Ashanti Goldfields Actually Disap…
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Crushed by War, Rebuilt by Railway: How the 1900 Ashanti Uprising Shaped the Mine’s Future
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: The Spark: A Demand to Sit on a Sacred Object T…
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“Buried in the Land He Had Signed Away”: Edwin Cade’s Grave and What It Represents
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: Who Edwin Cade Actually Was It’s worth be…
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Annexation First, Concession Second: How Cade’s 90-Year Rights Actually Got Secured
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: The Original Agreement: What Cade Actually Secu…
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£200 for the Discovery, £250,000 for the Company: The Men Who Actually Found Obuasi’s Gold
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: The Discovery: What Three Fante Entrepreneurs A…
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Banker to an Independent Nation: BBWA’s Quiet Role Inside Liberia
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: The Setup: How a British Bank Became Liberia…
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Absorbed in a Year: How BBWA Devoured Its Own Predecessor
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: The Setup: How West Africa’s First Bank A…
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A Shipping Magnate’s Monopoly: How Alfred Jones Turned Silver Coin Control Into a Bank
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: The Rise: How One Man Came to Dominate West Afr…