American Board Mission: Mount Selinda (1920-1929)
American Board Mission
Mount Selinda (1920-1929)
Mount Selinda (1920-1929)
Waterlow & Sons Ltd Order 31023 File Copy
The Manica Trading Company Ltd The Manica Trading Company Ltd was founded in Beira, Portuguese East Africa in 1890 by Julius Alston and Joseph Van Praagh. With its base in Beira, a branch was established at Old Umtali, Rhodeisa. In 1892, the company was floated. Operations were carried on as General Merchants, Importers and Agents…
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Regina Coeli Mission Nyanga Father Senan Egan, of the Catholic Irish Province of the Order of Carmelites (“Carmelites”), began construction of Regina Coeli Mission in 1956 at Nyanga. The Carmelites came to Manicaland in 1946 and over the next few years a number of Jesuit missions were transferred to the Order, including Triashill and St. Barbara’s….
Counsell’s Lusaka Hotel Ltd Lusaka In 1914, Canadian Couple Mr.& Mrs. Councell’s, registered the Counsell’s Lusaka Hotel. The Councell’s family seized the opportunity in the hospitality business due to the economic boom in Lusaka emanating from the opening up of the first hospital built south of Villa Elizabetta in 1918. In the same year the financial sector saw…
Roman Catholic Church Kutama Mission Jesuit Jean-Baptiste (John) Loubiere, with his assistant Joseph Dambaza, are credited with the founding of Kutama Mission, located near Norton, approximately 80 km southwest of Salisbury (Harare). Father Loubiere named it Kutama after his first convert the chief. The mission began as an outstation of Chishawasha Mission. Cassiano Ushewokunze, who…