The British Business Association (BBA) is a network of some of the largest and most influential businesses in Zimbabwe. The majority of our members have a historical link to or business relationships with Britain. Our membership comprises of multinationals, middle market and individuals. All who share a common interest in developing business between Zimbabwe and Great Britain.
Regardless of where along your organisational journey in Zimbabwe is, the BBA has a membership level and place for you.
If you are based overseas, but are looking to do business in Zimbabwe, then we have an Overseas membership.
The British Business Association in Zimbabwe, is a non-profit organization founded by British investors in Zimbabwe. Membership is open to British companies, multinationals, as well as local companies having strong business ties with the UK based companies.
The key objectives include:
Promote trade, commerce and investment between the UK and Zimbabwe.
Provide a forum in which UK Business people and other relevant business people in Zimbabwe can identify and discuss common areas regarding their commercial interests in Zimbabwe.
BBA News Feeds
Our news feeds gather news from many sources to keep you up to date with the latest business, investment, political and general news related to Zimbabwe.
The U.S. Department of Defense has authorized up to $15 million in aid to areas of Mozambique devastated by Cyclone Idai, the U.S. Africa Command said Monday. USAID, the lead agency in charge of Ameri…
By FARAI MUTSAKA MACHONGWE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Surprised members of a cyclone-hit community in Zimbabwe paused from retrieving and burying their dead to welcome the first humanitarian aid from the outsid…
HONG KONG — Cantonese opera is an art form best known for elaborate make up, costumes and tales of long-dead heroes. But for four days this April, a Hong Kong theatre will take on a larger than life…
WASHINGTON — How many ways can you measure the first quarter of the year? For Democratic presidential candidates, it’s 300-plus events, 24 states and hundreds of voter questions. The Iowa caucu…
BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE — Mozambican and international health workers raced on Monday to contain the outbreak of cholera in the cyclone-hit city of Beira and surrounding areas, where cases of the disease h…
The spread of invasive water hyacinths in and around Cameroon’s port city of Douala is causing problems for residents. The hyacinths’ stubborn growth hampers shipping, reduces fish catches…
Zimbabweans living outside the country who cannot receive our broadcast signals can now listen to and participate in LiveTalk in real time (8:00-9:00 p.m. Zimbabwe time) (1800-1900 UTC) (Monday-Friday…
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s state-owned power utility ZESA Holdings has applied to the energy regulator to raise its tariff by 30 percent for maintenance of its grid and after the price of inp…
Rwanda will this week mark 25-years since the genocide that killed an estimated 800, 000 people, mostly Tutsis. Despite that, Rwanda’s GDP has grown by 6 – 8% a year since 2003 (World Bank…
MAPUTO (Reuters) – The number of cholera cases has almost doubled in Mozambique in the past 24 hours and the port city of Beira has recorded its first death from the disease since a massive cycl…
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a possible Democratic challenger to President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, denied Sunday that he “acted inappropriately” in the face of allegati…
WASHINGTON — After losing in Congress, President Donald Trump is counting on the courts to kill off “Obamacare.” But some cases are going against him, and time is not on his side as he tr…
Meet Craig Adams, a street musician in New Orleans who tells us how Hurricane Katrina affected the cost of living there. We also learn how the New Orleans Jazz Museum portrays the city’s special place…
In recent weeks, Iraqi and United Nation’s workers have exhumed what they believe to be the remains of 30 bodies of Yazidi victims of Islamic State militants from one of dozens of mass graves in the r…
Washington is focused yet again on immigration and border security after President Donald Trump threatened to close America’s southern border with Mexico and declared he wants U.S. aid terminate…
At no time since the Great Depression of the 1930s, when a Labour leader had to break with his party and head a national unity government, has a British prime minister been so boxed in as Theresa May,…
The Chronicle Natasha Chamba, Business Reporter DIVERSIFIED financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe’s revenue topped $1,4 billion for the year ended December 31, 2018, a 41 percent jump from $9…
The Chronicle Pamenus Tuso THREE key research institutions in Zimbabwe have pledged to work together to explore diverse opportunities in addressing food security and tackling nutritional challenges fa…
The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation (ZMF) president Ms Henrietta Rushwaya has lost the presidency of the association after the High Court declared the re…
The Chronicle Ishemunyoro Chingwere, Harare Bureau The formal RTGS$ rate to the US dollar will converge with the parallel market rate in the short term and halt the inflationary pressure being exerted…
The Chronicle Natasha Chamba, Business Reporter THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) Southern region has elected Bulawayo businessman Mr Masimba Dzomba as their president. In a statement,…
The Chronicle Golden Sibanda, Harare Bureau INDIA believes that trade and investment cooperation with Zimbabwe will grow to a higher level on the back of positive measures introduced by the Reserve Ba…
The Chronicle LOCAL financial institution, Central African Building Society (CABS) has expanded its network of correspondent banking by tying up with a Spanish bank to cater for inward and outward for…
The Chronicle Walter Mswazie in Masvingo GOVERNMENT has indicated plans to reclaim all mining concessions that have been lying idle amid reports that there are four platinum concessions which have not…
The Chronicle Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE will not take the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) route as it still has economic indicators that do not qualify it into the grouping, an official in the Minis…
The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter BULAWAYO Rainbow Hotel is set for re-opening next week after it temporarily closed in February to pave way for renovations. The hotel is owned by…
The U.S. Department of Defense has authorized up to $15 million in aid to areas of Mozambique devastated by Cyclone Idai, the U.S. Africa Command said Monday. USAID, the lead agency in charge of Ameri…
By FARAI MUTSAKA MACHONGWE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Surprised members of a cyclone-hit community in Zimbabwe paused from retrieving and burying their dead to welcome the first humanitarian aid from the outsid…
The Chronicle Natasha Chamba, Business Reporter DIVERSIFIED financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe’s revenue topped $1,4 billion for the year ended December 31, 2018, a 41 percent jump from $9…
The Chronicle Pamenus Tuso THREE key research institutions in Zimbabwe have pledged to work together to explore diverse opportunities in addressing food security and tackling nutritional challenges fa…
HARARE, April 1 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s state-owned power utility ZESA Holdings has applied to the energy regulator to raise its tariff by 30 percent for maintenance of its grid and after the pri…
MAPUTO, March 31 (Reuters) – The number of cholera cases has almost doubled in Mozambique in the past 24 hours and the port city of Beira has recorded its first death from the disease since a ma…
The Chronicle Pamenus Tuso THREE key research institutions in Zimbabwe have pledged to work together to explore diverse opportunities in addressing food security and tackling nutritional challenges fa…
REGISTRAR-General Clemence Masango yesterday told Parliament that the demand for emergency passports was now so high that his department might soon run out of passport paper. Masango made the disclosu…
ZIMBABWE needs to improve its trade systems and proffer enabling monetary and fiscal policies designed to promote international trade, Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has said. Speaking…
Bureau Veritas (BV), an international firm contracted by government to undertake consignment-based conformity assessment (CBCA) for imports destined for Zimbabwe, says it has rejected 262 million subs…
THE stalemate over the pricing of River Ranch Mine, situated in the border town of Beitbridge, continues unabated as the owners, Rani Investments, and potential buyers, the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamo…
MERLIN judicial manager Cecil Madondo has pleaded with company shareholders to withdraw court cases or risk the company’s total shutdown. Once listed among the largest textile companies in the c…
Capital Bank Corporation has been provisionally wound up after the financial institution failed to service its debts amounting to over $25 million. The decision by the High Court followed an applicati…
POULTRY feeds production increased by 58% to 110,121 tonnes in the last quarter of 2018 and generated more than $106,5 million in revenue, latest industry reports have shown. In an industry update, Zi…
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has garnished Walter Magaya’s Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries accounts for alleged tax arrears amounting to $22 million. According to a…
The Special Economic Zones Authority says it has approved three investors for special economic zone status in Bulawayo. This follows the declaration of Belmont, Kelvin and Donnington industrial areas…
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) says volumes at its local unit grew by a single digit, compared to the same period last year due to operational challenges experienced in the third quarter of the financ…
EMPLOYERS Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz) will this month hold a crucial meeting with Labour minister Sekai Nzenza over the state of the economy. The meeting comes at a time the economy is experienc…
Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Priscah Mupfumira has appointed Rita Likukuma as Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) acting chief executive officer, effective from February 1, 2019…
PACKAGING manufacturer Nampak Zimbabwe says it has been cut off by its major shareholder Nampak Holdings, which has been assisting it with foreign currency due to non-payment of outstanding debts. The…
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Limited (ZSE) has suspended Falcon Gold Zimbabwe Limited (Falgold) from trading on the local bourse after the gold miner failed to publish its financial results for the yea…
Zimbabwe’s recurrent political turmoil-which took a turn for the worse after last year’s disputed presidential election – is hurting the economy badly by amplifying negative percepti…
Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC)’s Trojan Mine (Trojan) is operating at 50% capacity as part of a deliberate mining strategy guided by depressed nickel prices. Batanai Manhando, BNC managing dir…
The Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority (ZIMSEZA) says it has approved $22 million worth of investments for Bulawayo. This comes as government is implementing various measures to revive the coun…