Patrons and staff at the supplies department of the Kingsway supermarket in Lagos; areas with the labels “Sauces,” “Fats,” “Vegetables,” “Soups,” and “Salt” at about the 1940s.
The first contemporary department store to open in British West Africa was called Kingsway Store. Its headquarters were located in Lagos when it was founded in 1948.
The United African Company (UAC) established it in a structure that was formerly occupied by Lagos Stores.
