• They need to protect German investments and traders in Cameroon.
• Pressure from German traders and firms. Eg Carl Woermann firm.
• To increase German investment in order to create jobs and increase revenue.
• To secure new market for the German product especially after the British restricted. German trade in the Congo treaty in 1884.
• To increase monopoly in order to make huge profits.
• To gain cheap raw materials. Eg: Palm oil, kennels etc.
• To exploit the fertile lands for the commercial plantation of crops. Eg: Banana, cocoa, coffee, rubber etc.
• To have direct contacts with the producers in the interior to buy cheaper.
• To easily recover debts owed by the natives.

Social Reasons

• To secure extra living space for the growing German population.
• To spread German culture in the territory.
• To enable german culture in the territory.
• To enabla German scientists carry out research and discoveries freely.
• To enable German missionaries carry out their missionary work freely.
• To secure variety of spices, vegetables, fruits and other fruit items.

Political Reasons

• To fill the vacuum created by the British reluctants to annex Cameroon.
• Off set of French plans to annex the territory.
• Patriotic feelings among the governors in Cameroon who wanted to be only under German rule.
• To gain prestige as a colonial power.
• To secure naval bases in Cameroon.