Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubvira muna 1884, German East Africa Company yakanga ichishanda munharaunda yeGreat Lakes yeAfrica. Somugumisiro wokunetseka kwakanyanya uye kukakavadzana kwemuganhu pakati peGerman East Africa Company, Umambo hweBritain neSultanate yeZanzibar, Umambo hweGermany hwakakumbirwa kuti huise pasi
Abushiri anomukira uye anodzivirira fariro dzoumambo munharaunda yacho. Kambani yeGerman East Africa yakapa kodzero dzayo kuHumambo hweGerman muna 1891, nokudaro ichitanga koloni yeGerman yeGerman East Africa, yaisanganisira Burundi (Urundi), Rwanda (Ruanda), uye chikamu chikuru cheTanzania (yaimbozivikanwa seTanganyika). Humambo hweGermany hwakagadza mauto muRwanda neBurundi mukupera kwema1880. Nzvimbo yeguta razvino reGitega yakashanda senzvimbo yekutonga yenharaunda yeRwanda-Urundi.