Company rule in Rhodesia Africa. The Company's charter was duly revoked by Whitehall in 1923, and Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing colony of Britain in October that year. Northern Rhodesia became a directly-run British protectorate in April 1924. Amid the Scramble for Africa during the 1880s, the South African-based businessman and politician Cecil Rhodes envisioned the annexation to the British Empire of a bloc of territory connecting the Cape of Good Hope and Cairo—respectively at the southern and northern tips of Africa—and the concurrent construction of a line of rail linking the two. On geopolitical maps, British territories were generally marked in red or
Alan Parker (businessman) £2.34 billion. Parker is known for his philanthropy through his Oak Foundation, which spends $200 million yearly on projects including humanitarian help in Africa, medical research, victims of torture, ecology and journalism. His wife Jette sponsors The Royal Opera's Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. He is married to Jette Parker, and they have three children, Caroline, Natalie and Kristian. Alan Parker (businessman) Alan M. Parker (born 31 March 1939) is a British billionaire businessman. Alan M. Parker was born into a modest family in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the son of a British colonial civil servant. Parker trained as an accountant,