CFAO Motors (Zambia) Ltd formerly Toyota Zambia Ltd. is the official dealer for Toyota vehicles and distributors for Toyota genuine parts and provides quality aftersales service across Zambia. Our branches are in Lusaka, Kitwe, Livingstone and Solwezi.
Further it has appointed independent Zambian companies as Authorized Service Centers in Mkushi, Kabwe, Kasama and Chipata. A Team Toyota garage was also appointed in Makeni Lusaka.
The company has been in existence since the 3rd of December 1963 when it was registered as Mobile Motors NR a member of the Lonrho Group of Companies, specializing in the trade of Motor Vehicles, Spare Parts and After Sales Service. And since then, has been a reliable and renowned dealer of motor vehicles in Zambia.
CFAO Motors (Zambia) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of CFAO. CFAO was formed in 1852 and is present in 40 Countries in Africa and has a diverse portfolio ranging from Mobility, Infrastructure, Consumer and Health care products.
In 2012, Toyota Tsusho Corporation acquired a 97% stake in CFAO, and in 2016 CFAO was delisted and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation. To gain from efficiencies arising from the merger of TTC and CFAO at a global scale, TTC transferred its African assets, Toyota Zambia included to CFAO.
This has enabled the company to take on other brands such as LOXEA and many more that are yet to come. However, Toyota remains as our premium brand as Zambia Drives Toyota.
OUR HISTORY
- 1963:3rd December. The company was incorporated as Mobile Motors N.R, a member of the Lonrho Group.
- 1965:21st The company name was changed to Mobile Motors Zambia Limited to align itself to the birth of the new nation.
- 1994:21st Mobile Motors Zambia Limited changed its name to Toyota Zambia Limited.
- 1997:(July) Lonrho Group entered a joint venture with Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC), a trading division of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) in which TTC acquired 50% shares in Toyota Zambia Ltd.
- 2001:TTC acquired 100% shareholding of Toyota Zambia Ltd. With this acquisition, massive capital injections have come through that has seen major rehabilitation works completed.
- 2010:Opening of an After Sales facility Livingstone.
- 2011:Rehabilitation of Copperbelt branch in Kitwe.
- 2013:Opening of Nangwenya Toyota branch.
- 2017:Opening of Solwezi Toyota branch.
- 2020: Started trading in Automark Pre Owned Vehicles.
- 2022: 11th July 2022 Toyota Zambia Limited is renamed to CFAO Motors (Zambia) Limited
Look out for further new investments in the coming few years.