(Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in Mozambique’)
The tobaccos company ‘A.E.George & Co. Ltd. Succs’ was one of the first initiatives of the Greeks in the industry sector, not only in Mozambique but the wider South Africa. It was founded in the late 19th century, possibly between 1895-1900, by Aristides Eugenides and John Michaletos. Aristides Eugenides was born in Kirkagac of Asia Minor, in the 1870s. In the late 19th century, he immigrated to South Africa along with his cousin Aristides Angelides. They settled in Cape Town but soon they left for Lourenço Marques in Mozambique. Between 1915 and 1918, the two Greek pioneers proceeded to the establishment of the company ‘AE George & Co.’ and started producing luxury cigarettes that became extremely famous among the
Mozambicans.
