Iwindo was a district within the German colony of Kamerun, lying along the Ivindo River, presently in Gabon.
The 12th Company of the German Imperial Schutztruppe for Cameroon, newly formed in Yaoundé and under the direction of Captain Theodor von Heigelin, took control of Iwindo in the summer of 1912.
By government decree of 17 January 1913 the station Akoafim, previously part of the district Ebolowa in "old" Kamerun, was added to the jurisdiction of the 11th Company.
The base of the Company was initially located in the military post Ngarabinsam, in former French territory.
In April 1914, the administrative headquarters was transferred to Akoafim, and shortly before the outbreak of World War I to Minkebe.