Kamfanin Kasuwanci na Afirka

Kamfanin Kasuwanci na Afirka
chartered company (en)
Bayanai
Farawa	1752
Ƙasa	Kingdom of Great Britain (en)
Foundational text (en)	African Company Act 1750 (en)
Wanda yake bi	Royal African Company (en)
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date (en)	1821
Operating area (en)	Afirka ta Yamma da Landan

Kamfanin 'yan kasuwa na Afirka ko Kamfanin' yan kasuwa na kasuwanci zuwa Afirka kamfani ne na Burtaniya wanda ke aiki daga 1752 zuwa 1821 a yankin Gold Coast na Ghana ta zamani, wanda ke cikin cinikin bayi na Atlantic.

Tarihi

An kafa kamfanin ne ta hanyar Dokar Kamfanin Afirka ta 1750, kuma a cikin 1752 ya maye gurbin Kamfanin Royal African wanda aka kafa a cikin 1660. Ba kamar wanda ya riga shi ba, Kamfanin Kasuwancin Afirka kamfani ne mai tsarawa, ba kamfani ne na hadin gwiwa ba: Sashe na IV na Dokar Kamfanin Afirka ta 1750 ya ce: "Ba zai zama doka ga Kamfanin ba, wanda wannan Dokar ta kafa, don kasuwanci zuwa ko daga Afirka a cikin kamfaninsu ko haɗin gwiwa, ko kuma samun duk wani hadin gwiwa ko canja wurin hannun jari, ko karɓar, ko karɓi, duk wani Sum ko Sum of Money, a kan Alamar su ta Jama'a".

An canja kadarorin Kamfanin Royal African zuwa sabon kamfanin kuma ya kunshi manyan wuraren kasuwanci ko masana'antu guda tara: Fort William, Fort James, Fort Sekondi, Fort Winneba, Fort Apollonia, Fort Tantumquery, Fort Metal Cross, Fort Komenda da Cape Coast Castle, na ƙarshe daga cikinsu shine cibiyar gudanarwa. Wannan yankin bakin teku ya mamaye 'yan asalin Fante.

Kwamitin Afirka

Kwamitin Afirka ne ke gudanar da kamfanin, wanda ya kunshi mambobi tara na kwamitin, uku kowannensu daga London, Liverpool da Bristol. Kundin Tsarin Mulki ya tsara cewa ya kamata a zabi kwamitin a kowace shekara daga babban rukunin 'yan kasuwa daga waɗannan biranen, waɗanda suka biya shillings 40 don a shigar da su cikin kamfanin. A cewar kundin tsarin mulki, waɗannan mambobin kwamitin zasu iya rike mukamin na tsawon shekaru uku kawai. Koyaya, a cikin 1772 an buga jerin litattafai da ke da'awar cewa membobin kwamitin ba sa aiki yadda ya kamata.

Kamfanin ya sami tallafin shekara-shekara da majalisar ta amince da shi, wanda ya rufe farashin ofishin London da kuma sansanonin. Kwamitin ya ba da rahoto ga Exchequer, Admiralty kuma, daga 1782, Sakataren Yakin. John Shoolbred, (1740-1802), kawun wani John Shoolbrid wanda aka sani da goyon bayan allurar rigakafi, ya kasance sakatare ga kwamitin na shekaru da yawa.

Gwamnatin daular ta haramta cinikin bayi na Afirka bayan 1807, kodayake kamfanin ya ci gaba da aiki na wasu shekaru bayan haka. Dangane da tsarin sake fasalin sassaucin ra'ayi, an canja ikon gudanarwa a kan yankin Kamfanin Afirka ga Gwamna Charles MacCarthy na Saliyo, an kafa Saliyo a matsayin mafaka ga mutanen da aka 'yantar da su a baya. (An kashe Gwamna McCarthy a yakin Anglo-Asante na farko .) A cikin 1817, kamfanin ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar abokantaka da ke amincewa da ikirarin Asante na ikon mallakar manyan yankuna na bakin teku, gami da yankunan da Fante ke da'awar. Koyaya, bayan ya zama sananne ga jama'a cewa kamfanin ya ci gaba da cinikin bayi a cikin yankinsa masu zaman kansu, gwamnatin Burtaniya ta soke kamfanin a cikin 1821.