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What was decided at this conference and how did it affect the future of Africa?

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What was decided at this conference and how did it affect the future of Africa?

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During the 1870s and 1880s Great Britain, France and Germany were interested in Africa's natural resources. As a result, these governments wanted to protect their commercial interests in Africa so they began to send scouts to secure treaties from indigenous people. This caused conflict between European powers, so Great Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, and King Leopold II negotiated their claims of African territory.

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The Berlin Conference was a process of European competition over African territory, also known as the "Scramble for Africa"

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The conference was held in Berlin between Nov. 15, 1884 and Nov. 26, 1885. The Berlin Conference did not provide any say for the people of Africa over the partitioning of their homelands. By 1914, Africa was completely divided into 50 countries among the conference participants.