company background
Our history starts when we were still the Dairy Marketing Board (DMB) which was state owned parastatal. A brief summary is as given below.
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2016
Dairibord holdings re-organises
Martindale (Private) Limited and NFB Logistics (Private) Limited, which were 100% subsidiaries of Dairibord Holdings Limited until 31 December 2015, were decorporatised and their operations were transferred to Dairibord Zimbabwe (Private) Limited under the reorganisation.
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2006
The birth of Dairibord Holdings
The company transformed into a holding company with four subsidiaries - Dairibord Zimbabwe (Private) Limited, Lyons, Dairibord Malawi (Private) Limited and NFB Logistics (Private) Limited.. The name of the holding company changed to Dairibord Holdings Limited (DHL) from Dairibord Zimbabwe Limited (DZL).
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2001
DZL acquires Lyons
In June 2001, DZL acquired 100% ownership of Lyons Zimbabwe business and forms a transport and Logistics company - NFB Logistics in 2003.
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1997
Dairibord Listed on ZSE
Dairibord became the first state- owned company in Zimbabwe to privatize, and listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange the same year.
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1994
DZL is Born
The name of the company changed to Dairibord Zimbabwe Limited (DZL) from Dairy Marketing Board and the company was incorporated.
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1990
Bulawayo Dairy Commissioned
Bulawayo Dairy Commissioned.
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1983
Chipinge Dairy Commissioning
Chipinge Dairy Constructed
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1962
New Dairy Commissioned in Kadoma
New Dairy Commissioned in Kadoma.
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1960
New Dairy Commissioned in Harare
New Dairy Commissioned in Harare.
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1952
Dairy Marketing Board established
Dairy Marketing Board established under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1951.