Debonairs Pizza is a South Africa-based pizza restaurant chain franchise founded in 1991 by Craig MacKenzie and Andrew Harvey.

MacKenzie came up with the idea and business model to found the company following a gap-year trip to Los Angeles when he was a student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

[2] The first restaurants were established in Pietermaritzburg, followed by Umhlanga and then Durban.

The chain expanded rapidly and was acquired by Famous Brands in 1999.

[4] The company has over 500 restaurants[3][failed verification] in 14 countries mostly located in Africa including Botswana, United Arab Emirates, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zambia and Angola.