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As South Africa’s leading research and publishing company, Topco has been at the forefront of businessto-business content and events for over 20 years. Our expertise lies in evaluating and recognizing topperforming companies through our publications and events.
Our rigorous evaluation process assesses companies in areas such as empowerment, growth, and corporate social investment. We pride ourselves on our unbiased and transparent approach, fostering trust with our clients and stakeholders.
Inside this brochure, discover:
• How Topco evaluates and recognizes top-performing companies
• Our impactful business-to-business content and events
• How we support businesses in achieving their goals
With nearly 20 years of research, we’ve consolidated powerful databases of senior decision-makers, providing unparalleled networking opportunities.
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We create high-impact marketing communications designed to develop your brand as a trusted source of vital information. Our programmes engage customers, connecting them with each other.
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From gender empowerment to tech and HR, our products offer a wealth of knowledge and insights. Whether you're looking to stay up-to-date on the latest industry trends, or seeking expert analysis on specific topics, our products have got you covered.W
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Standard Bank Top Women Conference, Awards & Publication
The Standard Bank Top Women Conference is an annual event that brings together leading women from various industries to share their experiences, insights and strategies for success.
The conference covers a wide range of topics including leadership, career development, entrepreneurship, and diversity and inclusion. It is organised by Topco Media in partnership with Standard Bank.
The conference aims to inspire and empower women to reach their full potential and to support them in achieving their professional goals.
website: topbusinesswomen.co.za
The Standard Bank Top Women Awards honour outstanding leadership, inspiration, vision and innovation in organisations that play a role in advancing women to the forefront of the economy.
The awards cover all the major economic sectors, and recognise businesses from SMMEs all the way to the national level.
Standard Bank Top Women
Leaders Publication provides a respected platform for organisations with proven gender investment track records to showcase their achievements to global business, prompting interest from equally-progressive organisations.
Carrying comprehensive, researched information on the businesses that empower women. It promotes and stimulates greater investment in women across the economy. n
Top Empowerment Conference, Awards & Publication
Top Empowerment Conference:
The Top Empowerment Conference looks to celebrate the progress made by those committed to empowering black businesses and gain actionable insight on transforming the South African workforce through interactive panel discussions, keynote addresses and workshops.
As we move into 29 years of democracy, it is imperative for businesses in South Africa to push a transformation agenda. The success of the economy rests on South Africa’s ability to nurture its people skills and development, open space for black owned businesses and re-shape the socio-economic status quo.
The Top Empowerment Awards:
South Africa’s most established premier Awards for leadership and innovation in
website: topempowerment.co.za
empowerment and transformation, the Top Empowerment Awards, has created a legacy of inspiration for the country’s business elite.
The Top Empowerment Awards has given South Africa the opportunity to recognise outstanding leadersindividuals or organisations who have exemplified inspiration, vision, innovation, leadership and action for empowerment and transformation.
Impumelelo: Top Empowerment
Publication: BEE accreditation, in line with governmental B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice, is imperative for doing business in today’s economy.
Impumemelo: Top Empowerment, sister publication to the annual Top Empowerment Awards, accurately compiles South Africa’s most transformed companies, celebrates empowerment milestones and interviews national figures on the future socio-economic goalposts. n
The Future of Sustainability Conference
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Future of Sustainability Conference
The Future of Sustainability conference promotes sustainable and transparent business practices, aiming to promote responsible corporate citizenship and sustainable development –from individual to institutional level.
This event will aid in achieving your investment goals, whilst simultaneously supporting ethical and environmentally-conscious approaches to do better business!
ESG: Future of Sustainability Publication
ESG criteria are an increasingly popular way for investors to evaluate companies in which they might want to invest - and avoid companies that may
website: futureofsustainability.co.za
pose a financial risk due to their non-sustainable practices ESG: The Future of Sustainability takes a deep dive into its three interdependent pillars:
• Environment
• Social
• Governance
Climate change is real and is happening now and this important publication helps investors find companies who are invested in sustainability, with values that match their own.
ESG criteria, however, have a practical purpose beyond ethical concerns and as ESG-minded business practices gain more traction, investment firms are increasingly tracking their performance. n
The Future of HR Conference, Awards & Publication
The annual Future of HR Conference & Awards celebrates the pivotal role of human resources in South Africa’s constantly-changing business environment, and honours HR champions from around the country.
The Summit sees industry leaders and experts pooling their expertise to forecast trends, sharing innovative approaches to challenges, and workshopping employee engagement, talent acquisition and leadership.
HR Leaders Publication:
The importance of the role and responsibilities of HR practitioners really came to the fore during the pandemic, when organisations were battling to stay alive – and not just to stay alive, but to
continue functioning in a manner which provided order and a sense of security to employees and shareholders.
How this was handled fell largely within the purview of Human Resources:
1. Managing health and safety
3. Leading and communicating change
5. Operating under new demands
7. Encouraging empathy in policies and culture
8. Changing facilities and technology
HR Leaders acknowledges and celebrates the key role that HR practitioners play not only in the survival of businesses – but also in the trajectory to abundance. In this timely publication you will find a range of articles, interviews and thought leadership pieces arranged according to 3 pillars:
website: futureofsustainability.co.za
Africa Tech Week Conference & Awards
Africa Tech Week is a Tech Conference, Exhibition and Awards Ceremony.
It was created in order to focus on educating South Africa and other African countries on the challenges and opportunities to be gained by drafting appropriate plans and policies for the 4th Industrial revolution. It looks to recognise and reward companies on the continent that have demonstrated excellence in the area of innovative product development. Globally, people tend to view Africa as a continent with many challenges. We flip this perspective.
We believe that Africa is a continent of exponential opportunities for problem solving and innovation from Africans, for Africans. n
website: africatechweek.co.za
Top 500
Every year, rigorous research identifies South Africa’s leading companies in terms of global and South African best practice, performance, people and socioeconomic policies.
True giants of corporate South Africa, they are profiled in Top 500: South Africa’s Best Managed Companies; the annual business directory, covering 100 sectors, that business and government leaders consider essential to billion rand partnerships and investments. n
website: top500.co.za
Public Sector Leaders
Public Sector Leaders speaks to an audience with the highest level of authority government decision-makers. With a digital readership of 40 000 monthly.
Public Sector Leaders is the only specialised platform that offers a window of opportunity for marketers and communicators in both the public and private sectors to engage with a vast captive audience of senior government officials.
website: publicsectorleaders.co.za
National Business Awards
The National Business Awards, a prestigious event for business seekers, provides a premier networking opportunity with the attendance of 400 government leaders and industry leaders.
The awards cover five sectors and 17 categories, offering a wide range of opportunities to be recognised. The winners of the NBAs will have the unique chance to inspire their peers, aspiring entrepreneurs and stakeholders, while setting themselves as the benchmark in their respective sectors. They will also be setting an example of excellence and success in their field.
Top Performing Companies
The expansion of the South African economy is closely tied to the success of the business sector, including small and medium-sized enterprises as well as multinationals. Decision makers and government departments are looking to collaborate with companies that are empowered, high-performing, and focused on sustainability and growth.
These partnerships lead to the exchange of top-quality products and services, competitive prices, and efficient service levels. They also serve to raise the bar for corporate performance and uplift the economy as a whole. These relationships start here, in the pages of Top Performing Companies and Public Sector.
Podcasts
The Topco and Top Women Business Unusual podcasts began in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic triggered lockdowns in South Africa.
The podcasts reach a diverse audience and are shared with subscribers in Topco’s weekly newsletters. The conversations have featured thought leaders with years of experience creating solutions to challenges they’ve faced in their sectors.
Guests have shared how they went about solving problems and discussed ideas in conversations that are as informative as they are natural.
Bulletins
Inspiring the world to do good business is what drives us here at Topco Media. One of the ways we go about it is through our bulletins.
The Topco Bulletin, which goes out every Thursday to our 50 000+ audience, which consists of a variety of corporates, entrepreneurs, industry professionals, and everyone in between.
The Standard Bank Top Women newsletter goes out every Tuesday and carries 4 storiesthe lead/main article and 3 Top Stories – all of which are inspiring, newsworthy interviews and write-ups and evergreen tips and advice.
The purpose of the newsletter is to celebrate top women’s brave success narratives and their journeys, share valuable, useful information and provide a platform for inspiration.
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