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The South West Africa Company Limited (German: Südwestafrikanische Gesellschaft) was a majority British owned and controlled company established under English law on August 18, 1892, in German South West Africa, the present day Namibia.[1] The company was headquartered in London and had a representative office in Berlin.

  1. ^ Voeltz, Richard (1988). German Colonialism and the South West Africa Company, 1894-1914. Ohio University. ISBN 978-0-89680-146-2.

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