Who owns Zamshu?
Zamshu is owned by Zambeef (Zambia, LuSE: ZAMBEEF).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Zambeef Products PLC 2025 Annual Report. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Zambeef Products PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇲 Zambia, Lusaka
- Origin
- 🇿🇲 Zambia
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Accessories & footwear › Footwear
- Parent ticker
- LuSE: ZAMBEEF AIM: ZAM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Zamshu
Zamshu is the footwear division of Zamleather, Zambeef's wholly owned leather company, and makes shoes from hides tanned at Zamleather's own tannery. It makes school, casual and safety shoes, military and combat boots, sports shoes and football boots, under names including Kwena, Mukwa, Kaleza, 100%, Little Bwana and Bright Steps. The Zamshu factory gained ISO 9001:2015 certification in the half-year to March 2026.
Ownership timeline of Zamshu
Where Zamshu sits in Zambeef
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Zambeef brand portfolio (7) →
Other brands owned by Zambeef
Zambeef controls 7 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in footwear, and who owns them
The 82 brands in footwear on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Caleres, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Edmonds | Caleres | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cartago | Grendene | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Ekisha | Servis | 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
| Alexandre Birman | Azzas 2154 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Bahamas | Relaxo | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blondo | Steve Madden | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bocage | Groupe Eram | 🇫🇷 France |
| CCC | MODIVO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
About the owner: Zambeef
Zambeef is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia, founded in 1994. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as LuSE: ZAMBEEF and AIM: ZAM.
Zambeef Products is the largest integrated cold chain food and agribusiness company in Zambia. It was founded in June 1994 as a small butchery business and now farms wheat, maize and soya, runs beef abattoirs and feedlots, poultry, pork and dairy plants, flour mills, a stockfeed business and a tannery and shoe factory, and sells through its own shops and the butcheries it operates in Shoprite supermarkets. It is listed in Lusaka and on London's AIM. On 29 April 2026 British International Investment converted its preference shares into ordinary shares, taking its voting rights to about 59 per cent.
🇿🇲 Zamshu and other Zambian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 23 brands that began in Zambia. All of them are controlled from Zambia.
- Aloha — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
- Proflight Zambia — Proflight Zambia 🇿🇲
- Ama SipSip — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
- Amazon — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
- Banja — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
- Boom — Trade Kings 🇿🇲
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Zamshu?
The parent company of Zamshu is Zambeef, a publicly listed company headquartered in Zambia.
Is Zamshu Zambian?
Yes. Zamshu originated in Zambia and its owner, Zambeef, is also headquartered in Zambia.
Is Zamshu still owned by Zambeef?
Yes. As of 17 September 2026, Zamshu is still owned by Zambeef. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Zambeef Products PLC 2025 Annual Report — Zambeef Products PLC, Annual report; retrieved 17 September 2026.
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