What's the best place in Africa to colonize?

Let's say I'm a budding young empire in mid-nineteenth century Europe with an eagerness to prove my imperial might. Assuming the whole continent is up for grabs, where is the best place in Africa to establish a colony? Here are a few locations I was thinking:

Egypt/The Sinai Peninsula, for it's strategic location and the ability to control trade in the Mediterranean/Indian Ocean. Not much in the way for settler colonies, however, and it's rather small.

North African Coast, for it's geographical proximity to Europe, moderate climate in Morocco/Algeria for settler colonies, and high-quality oil in Libya.

The Congo, for its sheer amount of natural resources, such as rubber, which would be very profitable for state enterprise. However, the climate is extreme, and unfavorable for settler colonies.

Coasts of Southern Africa (ex. Angola and Mozambique). Has access to many resources, such as oil in Cabinda, and diamonds. Once the 20th century rolls around, settling the region will become more viable. In the interior, regions such as modern day Botswana and Rhodesia have moderate climates for settlers and are suitable for farming.

The Cape, for it's strategic location, and having an ideal climate for settlers. Further inland, Uranium deposits will become useful. Again, allows for access to the interior for farming and further settler colonies.

Which of these is the best places for my Empire to colonize in Africa? Are there any places that are better that I've missed, such as the Swahili Coast? Conversely, which places are the worst, and would be costly mistakes to colonize?
 
Context matters. Given that it's the 19th century, then I'd say the priorities go:

Sinai >>> Egypt > North Africa >> Congo/Angola > Mozambique > The Cape

The logic goes like this; if you can build and control the canal, you're going to be in a good place geopolitically. Control of Egypt buffers the canal, and is arguably one of the best domestic markets up for grabs in the world so long as you put some effort into modernizing its economy to the point that people have a good amount of liquid capital for consumer goods. It's also a good source of agricultural goods like cotton, sugar, wheat, etc. that can shore up whatever deficiencies your own country has with respect to these goods while not being an inhospitable jungle to your average European. There's a reason that Egypt is known as the Mediterranean's breadbasket and it'll be vital to any theoretical Mediterranean power with limited agricultural lands compared to say, France or England. Next, North Africa is close enough and just empty enough to realistically anticipate integrating into the metropole via settlers(unless you have 19th century France demographic trends or lose the colony). Between the strategic, economic, climate, and demographic trends for Europe in the 19th century, control of North Africa is pretty high up. Especially so for a state on the Mediterranean. Next the Congo/Angola, because resources. Relatively low investment in terms of manpower or resources, high returns, not likely to get drawn into a extracted colonial war once colonialism becomes politically unfeasible due to little colonial settlement. Mozambique is pretty much the above, but far less accessible and less worthwhile unless you push into OTL Zambia for the copper. Finally, the Cape. Far less important strategically in this era due to the Suez, especially if it's under your direct control. A far off settler colony that's useful for projecting power globally, but unlikely to be settled in large numbers unless it's one of your only colonies. Longterm, a messy post-colonial struggle because of Europe's racism epidemic, the high amount of settlement by Europeans, and the inevitable clusterfuck of grievances Africans will have against the colonists. Rich in resources, but has a low native population which means you'll need to commit manpower. Ergo, quite low on the shopping list and the later it's obtained the worse the value proposition becomes.
 
Let's say I'm a budding young empire in mid-nineteenth century Europe with an eagerness to prove my imperial might. Assuming the whole continent is up for grabs, where is the best place in Africa to establish a colony?

Algeria. This is essentially the description of the French invasion and colonization of the country.
 
Let's say I'm a budding young empire in mid-nineteenth century Europe with an eagerness to prove my imperial might. Assuming the whole continent is up for grabs, where is the best place in Africa to establish a colony? Here are a few locations I was thinking:

Egypt/The Sinai Peninsula, for it's strategic location and the ability to control trade in the Mediterranean/Indian Ocean. Not much in the way for settler colonies, however, and it's rather small.

North African Coast, for it's geographical proximity to Europe, moderate climate in Morocco/Algeria for settler colonies, and high-quality oil in Libya.

The Congo, for its sheer amount of natural resources, such as rubber, which would be very profitable for state enterprise. However, the climate is extreme, and unfavorable for settler colonies.

Coasts of Southern Africa (ex. Angola and Mozambique). Has access to many resources, such as oil in Cabinda, and diamonds. Once the 20th century rolls around, settling the region will become more viable. In the interior, regions such as modern day Botswana and Rhodesia have moderate climates for settlers and are suitable for farming.

The Cape, for it's strategic location, and having an ideal climate for settlers. Further inland, Uranium deposits will become useful. Again, allows for access to the interior for farming and further settler colonies.

Which of these is the best places for my Empire to colonize in Africa? Are there any places that are better that I've missed, such as the Swahili Coast? Conversely, which places are the worst, and would be costly mistakes to colonize?
An area that strikes me as a really goo place would be the Zambezi river basin. Copper in Zambia, ideal settler land in Zimbabwe, a big population concentration in Malawi (and some Uranium), sugar in Mozambique, and Congo-esq natural hydraulic infrastructure, which is good for transportation and hydro electric developments. Furthermore since it's the 1800s it is easy enough to dredge up a deep water port at the mouth of the river.
 
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