Royal Banana Monopoly

Royal Banana Monopoly
RAMB
Native name
Italian: Regia Azienda Monopolio Banane
Founded2 December 1935
Defunct1946 (reestablished 1950)
Headquarters
Mogadiscio
,
Italian Somaliland
Area served
Italian Empire

The Royal Banana Monopoly (Italian: Regia Azienda Monopolio Banane, RAMB) was a state-owned enterprise founded in Mogadishu in 1935, to transport and market bananas harvested in Italian Somalia throughout the rest of the Italian Empire, directly under the control of the Colonial Ministry.[1] Even if the last transport of bananas to Italy happened in early 1940, it survived the first years of WW2 – and officially lasted until 1946.

  1. ^ Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (25 February 2003). Historical Dictionary of Somalia. Scarecrow Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-8108-6604-1.