<P> The Berlin Conference of 1884 -- 85 , also known as the Congo Conference ( German : Kongokonferenz ) or West Africa Conference ( Westafrika - Konferenz ) , regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany 's sudden emergence as an imperial power . The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck , first Chancellor of Germany ; its outcome , the General Act of the Berlin Conference , can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa . The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers , which eliminated or overrode most existing forms of African autonomy and self - governance . </P>
<P> The Berlin Conference of 1884 -- 85 , also known as the Congo Conference ( German : Kongokonferenz ) or West Africa Conference ( Westafrika - Konferenz ) , regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany 's sudden emergence as an imperial power . The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck , first Chancellor of Germany ; its outcome , the General Act of the Berlin Conference , can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa . The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers , which eliminated or overrode most existing forms of African autonomy and self - governance . </P>
what agreements were made at the berlin conference
what agreements were made at the berlin conference
the General Act of the Berlin Conference
the General Act of the Berlin Conference