Oil seeps being found in the Kingdom of Buganda, the nation that decided to follow the suggestions of the Bharatiya Empire and chose to align with it, was a huge coincidence, and a pleasant one at that. However, Buganda was not the only country that got lucky by possessing crude oil seeps.
The Kingdom of Duala, located on the western coast of Africa, right below the three Nigerian kingdoms, was also blessed by God with the natural resource of crude oil. Thankfully, due to Chief Mbedi a Mbongo being in frequent contact with the Europeans, as they sometimes chose ports of his kingdom as a free supplies station, he knew how powerful of a nation the Bharatiya Empire was. So when he was first approached by an agent from the Bharatiya Empire in order to cooperate with the Empire's anti-slavery initiative, he did not immediately disagree but instead, he remained neutral not completely agreeing or disagreeing, though in his heart he was unwilling to stop the slave trade.
