East Africa - Agency Building - white single-storey building workers sitting outside. Part of Box 249 Boswell Collection - East Coast of Africa. The predecessor of this company was established as the Livingstonia Central Africa Company in 1877 with its head office in Glasgow by a group of local businessmen and its first managers were two brothers, John Moir and Frederick Moir. It was renamed The African Lakes Company Limited in 1878 and The African Lakes Corporation Limited in 1894.