🏢 Simbisa Brands & Innscor: Who They Are and What Companies They Include

Simbisa Brands Limited is one of the largest quick-service restaurant (QSR) operators in Africa, headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe. The company is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and operates and franchises a wide portfolio of well-known restaurant brands across more than 600 outlets in numerous African markets.

🔹 Origins and Relationship with Innscor

Simbisa Brands was originally part of Innscor Africa Limited (then often referred to simply as Innscor). Innscor historically operated a broad portfolio of consumer goods, light manufacturing, food, and distribution businesses in Zimbabwe and the region. In 2015, the quick-service restaurant business was unbundled from Innscor and incorporated as Simbisa Brands, which then acquired all the QSR assets, before listing separately on the stock exchange.

🔹 Core Brands Under Simbisa

Simbisa owns and operates the following principal brands:

Chicken Inn – Fried chicken/QSR

Pizza Inn – Pizzas/QSR

Creamy Inn – Ice-cream and desserts

Baker’s Inn – Bakery products

Fish Inn – Seafood & quick-service outlets

Grab & Go – Quick snacks and convenience food

It also holds master license/franchise rights for other brands, including:

Galito’s Africa

Nando’s (Zimbabwe)

Steers (Zimbabwe)

RocoMamas

Vida e Caffé

Ocean Basket

The Grill Shack among others.

🔹 Innscor Africa’s Broader Portfolio

While Simbisa focuses on restaurants, Innscor Africa’s group portfolio spans many other sectors, primarily in consumer goods and food manufacturing. Examples include:

National Foods

Colcom Foods (meat processing)

Profeeds/Nutrimaster (animal feeds & grains)

Probottlers/Prodairy (beverages & dairy)

AMP Meats/Colcom (protein products)

Probrands/Natpak (household & consumer goods) Many of these operate across Zimbabwe and generate iconic consumer staples used daily by households.

👉 In summary: Simbisa Brands operates dozens of restaurant outlets and owns or franchises several brand names across multiple African countries. Innscor Africa is broader: it is a group of consumer staple manufacturers and distributors with many subsidiary companies beyond restaurants.