We build from practice, not from theory.
Zimba Technologies Ltd was founded in Leeds in 2026 to give educators and growing businesses tools that fit the way they really work.
To give educators and growing businesses tools that fit the way they actually work, not the other way round.
To be the trusted digital partner for institutions and businesses across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, known for software that is rigorous, fair and simple to use.
What we hold ourselves to.
Built from practice
We design from real work and real people, not from theory.
Tailored, not templated
Every organisation is different. The tool should follow your process.
Clarity
Plain language, clear evidence, no jargon.
Integrity
Fairness and privacy by design, in everything we build.
Calm confidence
We take on hard problems and make them feel simple.
Dr Chitivwa Zimba
Founder and Director
A marketing academic with a career that spans higher education, UK retail banking and hands-on marketing. Chitivwa holds a PhD in Marketing from the University of Bradford, where the work won the Best Graduating Student award and the Dean’s Prize for Research and Innovation in 2022.
Today Chitivwa lectures in business and management at a UK higher-education provider, after teaching master’s marketing at the University of Bradford. Before that came five years advising customers on savings, insurance, pensions and investments at a major UK bank, and roles leading digital marketing in higher education and marketing projects for a consultancy. ZimbaTech brings those worlds together: the classroom, the balance sheet and the marketing plan.
Research interests: social media, consumer behaviour, artificial intelligence and digital marketing.
PhD in Marketing
University of Bradford, 2022. Also an MSc in Marketing and Management, a Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods, and a BEcon (Hons) from the University of Namibia.
Five years in banking
Customer and senior consultant roles across savings, insurance, pensions and investments, 2018 to 2023.
Since 2014
Digital marketing, marketing strategy consultancy and project leadership, in higher education, healthcare and retail technology.
The essentials.
- Legal name
- Zimba Technologies Ltd
- Trading as
- ZimbaTech
- Company number
- 17574942 (England and Wales)
- Founded
- 2026
- Based in
- Leeds, United Kingdom
- Serving
- UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa