Privacy notice

ZBIF (Zimbabwe Business Innovation Forum) operates a year-round challenge marketplace and related forum activities. We process personal data to create accounts, match organisations with innovators, run Deal Rooms, and communicate about your participation.

What we collect

• Account details: name, email, phone, organisation, role/persona
• Profile and participation data: sectors, focus areas, challenge and solution submissions
• Technical data: IP address, device/browser information, session logs for security
• Communications you send via contact forms or in-app messages

How we use it

• Authenticate you and secure your account (including email verification)
• Operate matching and AI-assisted recommendations (organisations make final selections)
• Facilitate Deal Rooms, meetings, and forum logistics where you register
• Send transactional mail (OTP, password reset, match notices). Marketing mail only with consent

Sharing

We share data with process partners who host infrastructure or deliver mail/SMS, under contract. Challenge owners see solutions you submit to their challenges. We do not sell personal data.

Retention & your rights

We keep account and participation records while your account is active and as required for audit or legal duties. You may request export or deletion from your profile privacy controls, or contact the secretariat.

Contact

Questions: use the Contact page. For account privacy actions when signed in, see My profile → Your data.

Last updated: October 2026.