Bata opened the first store in Cameroon in 1932, and a sister company was established later. Business in this country ended in 1990.
- In 1932, the first shop was opened – Douala; in 1938 a second store in Yaoundé was also in operation
- Between 1935 and 1939, a rubber purchase network was developed in the country to supply Bata Company
- In 1957, the company put a central warehouse and office – Douala into operation
- In the 1960s, Bata enterprise in Cameroon, along with sales network, also included production in a modern factory built before 1969 – Douala; this production unit was supplied from a tannery in Rufisque, Senegal
- 1962 – for the territory of Cameron Bata S. Camerounaise (Cameroon) was registered in the list of existing companies; the firm functioned under the same name 16 years later in 1978
- In 1990, Bata´s businesses in Cameroon were sold
Sources:
- Bata, The Bata Shoe Organisation, 1978
- Veronika Hlávková, Budování filiálek firmy Baťa ve 30. letech 20. století v Africe, In: Acta musealia Muzea jihovýchodní Moravy ve Zlíně, suplementa, 2006/2
- Jaroslav Pospíšil – Hana Pospíšilová, Rub a líc baťovských sporů, Zlín 2012, ISBN 978-80-7473-037-5
- Thomas J. Bata, Remmembered, Zlín 2016, ISBN 978-80-7473-398-7
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