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Making the most of your hotel stay
Advice on how to make the most of your next hotel visit.
What to pack for your staycation
William McIntyre, Regional Director Africa at Radisson Hotel Group, shares the ultimate list of tips and tricks for staycation packing
Making way for other women in technology
Africa Tech Week has played a pivotal role in strengthening investment in start-ups, and providing knowledge and skills to individuals, businesses and societies struggling with digital transformation, by providing a platform for attendees to network and make new connections to further their careers and personal growth.
Giving power to the youth: Supporting young entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are able to create opportunities by identifying a need and catering to that need. By digging into the social values they can contribute to, such as access to education, water, food security, healthcare and more, entrepreneurs can not only create a better life for themselves but also a better future for all.
Opening The Gates: Companies at the forefront of diversity and inclusion
“No business can hope to succeed without having a workforce as varied as the world in which it operates. Any company that doesn’t take inclusion and diversity seriously is at risk of simply not understanding how to service its markets.”
Recovery Through Change: Charting the Road Ahead
Some key priorities, amongst others, are ensuring that top state capture miscreants are sent to prison; ensuring a reliable energy supply; urgently tackling youth unemployment; accelerating the vaccine rollout; as well as transforming and implementing the socioeconomic reforms.
The Hub of Economic Transformation | 2021 Top Empowerment Conference
The transformation and empowerment agenda has evolved tremendously since 1994. In line with that evolution has been the growth (and pivot to digital first) of Top Empowerment
Ramaphosa’s Vision coming to Fruition | 2021 Top Empowerment Awards
The transformation and empowerment agenda has evolved tremendously since 1994. In line with that evolution has been the growth (and pivot to digital first) of Top Empowerment
Diversity and inclusion – 3 ways that elevating empowerment can positively impact your business
The transformation and empowerment agenda has evolved tremendously since 1994. In line with that evolution has been the growth (and pivot to digital first) of Top Empowerment
2020 Top Empowerment Virtual Conference
Topco Media will be hosting the 2020 Top Empowerment Virtual Conference on the 22 and 23 July. The main theme of the conference is “gearing South Africa towards an all-inclusive economy through transformation post COVID-19”
3 Steps on how to successfully e-network
The 2020 round of conferencing is proving to be completely different to any year that has gone before. No more jetting around the world or even intra national travel to get to the 2-3 day events. COVID has firmly placed its stamp on the current virtual modus operandi. Many conferences have either been completely cancelled, postponed or switched to online formats via the various platforms, offering video sessions or live streams with open chat forums.
Tips on how to effectively network online
This conference season feels a bit different, doesn’t it? Where we’re usually globetrotting from event to event, most conferences this year have either been postponed or switched to online, remote-friendly formats, offering video sessions by top-notch speakers or live streams with open chats. But what about everyone’s favorite bonus during conference season — networking?
Talking transformation with Nedbank’s Kershini Govender
Having recently released their 2019 Transformation Report, we can be certain that Nedbank’s efforts to enforce positive change and community upliftment have paid off. The company has now retained a level 1 B-BBEE contributor status for the second consecutive year, having retained level 2 B-BBEE contributor status for 10 consecutive years since 2009.
Iain Williamson podcast with Topco Media CEO, Ralf Fletcher
Driving a digital and productive economy is dependent on addressing our skills shortage, today I’m joined by Iain Williamson the acting CEO of Old Mutual Group.
Is “vulnerability” the new leadership super power?
“My truth is that 2019 was the best year of my career, I travelled to 19 countries delivering key notes to executives and business leaders on the topic of effective leadership. I flew business class, stayed in some of the finest hotels in the world, and best of all ended the year with a family holiday in the Swiss Alps where we had a white Christmas”
Spar Group, A culture of caring
We speak to CEO of Spar Group, Graham O’Connor about the business of caring
Phased re-opening of SA economy
On April 21 President Ramaphosa released a statement on “further economic and social measures in response to the COVID-19 epidemic”
Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni seeks funding to fight Covid-19
In his budget speech in February, Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, with his trusty aloe ferox at his side said that 2020 was going to be a year for eating pilchards, not steak. And then came the corona virus. Covid 19 has pretty much shredded the treasury’s balance sheet and now the focus is on making sure we have access to funding to help the healthcare system cope, to help the economy cope and to still invest in growth initiatives.
Valuable advice for entrepreneurs
A serial entrepreneur, Mathew Toren, provides the following tips specifically for people who are in the business of setting up a business:
Isolate, test and trace – SA’s Presidential response to COVID-19
This week President Ramaphosa released a statement on developments surrounding COVID-19 in the country and acknowledged the effort that citizens of South Africa have made during the early days of national lockdown.
Things to do in lockdown – COVID-19
A lockdown is an emergency protocol that requires South Africans to stay at home except for essential purposes. Grocery stores, pharmacies, banks and other essential industries will remain open. All non-essential activities are suspended.
A market for transformation
In 2018, the asset management sector in South Africa handled approximately R4.6-trillion in private equity and assets – nearly the equivalent of the country’s gross domestic profit (GDP) for the same year. At this valuation, it’s clear that this industry plays a crucial role in the allocation of capital that is essential for the growth, development and evolution of our economy and society.
5 of South Africa’s top black business owners
South Africa has a long and proud history of empowerment leaders who are in the vanguard of transformation and who serve as inspirational role models for the country. In this article Impumelelo highlights a selection of South African top black business owners, top black CEOs, top black business directors and the country’s top empowered companies.
United during isolation – 5 tips for doing business during COVID 19
1. Keep calmnow is the time for agility and resilience – and South Africans are good at that2. CommunicateShare information with your staff from the...
Top 10 richest black South Africans
A detailed profile of the most powerful people in South AfricaCyril Ramaphosa Widely respected as a negotiator and strategist, Cyril...
