| COMPANY : To be advised | "FCAO" - Seal |
| Seal : "FCAO" - Federation Commerciale d'Afrique Ouest | |
| CIRCA : 1890 |
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The Conference of
Berlin 1884 - 1885 initiated the partition of Africa and
territorial settlement by the European powers in Africa. In West
Africa, France grouped its territories into a federation. French
West Africa comprised 9 countries : Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and at a later date, Togo. |