The Royal Niger Company was a mercantile company chartered by the British government in the nineteenth century. It was formed in 1879 as the United African Company and renamed to National African Company in 1881 and to Royal Niger Company in 1886. In 1929, the company became part of the United Africa Company, which came under the control of Unilever during the 1930s and continued to exist as a subsidiary of Unilever until 1987, when it was absorbed into the parent company.
George Goldie in 1898.
Unilever PLC is a British multinational fast-moving consumer goods company founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of British soap maker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie. It is headquartered in London.
Unilever House in London
Lever House in Port Sunlight, United Kingdom, the former headquarters of Lever Brothers
Former head office building of Unilever N.V. which now became the HQ for the merged group's food and refreshments division, Rotterdam
Unilever R&D Centre in Bangalore, India