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    Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards finalists announced

    After a week of intense deliberation by an esteemed panel of judges in Johannesburg this week, the finalists in the Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards (MOEA) have been decided. The Awards are South Africa's foremost Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) awards initiative, hosted by Topco Media's annual empowerment publication Impumelelo, which documents BEE success stories.

    The finalists in their categories are:

    Top Empowered Company in ICT

    Voltsing Electrical (Pty) Ltd
    Torque Technical Computer Training PTY Ltd
    Dimension Data (Pty) LTD
    iBurst (Proprietary) Ltd
    Square One Solutions Group Ltd

    Top Empowered Company in Health, Safety & Security

    Hlanganani Protection Services
    Bonitas Medical Fund
    Isilulu Professional Services

    Top Empowered Company in Retail & Property

    Woolworths
    Ithuba Valves & Industrial Supplies cc
    RedFern

    Top Empowered Company in Financial Services

    First Rand Limited
    Metropolitan Holdings Ltd
    Standard Bank

    Top Empowered Company in Business Support Services

    Kelly Group
    PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc
    Deloitte
    KPMG

    Top Empowered Company in CSI

    Tedcor
    Makwetla & Associates
    Telkom Foundation

    Top Empowered Company in Sustainability & Beyond

    Woolworths
    Voltsing Electrical (Pty) Ltd
    First National Bank

    Top Empowered Company in Logistics

    Super Group Limited
    Grindrod

    Top SMME Empowered Company (turnover below 50m)

    Kgasi Trading
    Reshebile Aviation & Protection Services
    Vukani-Ubuntu
    21st Century Pay Solutions Group (Pty) Ltd
    Maserumule Incorporated Attorneys

    Top New & Innovative Company

    African Access Holdings (Pty) Ltd
    kopano Travel
    Iskhus
    Vukani-Ubuntu

    Most improved year-on-year BEE score card

    Tongaat Hulett Ltd
    Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd
    iBurst (Proprietary) Ltd

    Top Empowered National or Regional Transforming Government Department

    Department of Defence
    Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
    National Treasury
    Top Empowered Transforming Municipality or Province
    West Rand District Municipality
    JHB Water

    Top Transforming Government Agency or Parastatal

    EC Tourism Board
    Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC)
    National Empowerment Fund

    Other awards that will be announced on the night include:
    Top Black Entrepreneur of the Year
    Top Young Black Entrepreneur of the Year (under 35)
    Top Black Businesswoman Of the year
    Top Black Businessman Of the year
    Top Black Business Of the year

    The awards are aimed at acknowledging, congratulating and celebrating the efforts made by local companies towards the development of BEE and employment equity. All the finalists deserve recognition for their commitment to the future of empowerment in South Africa. Meet these business leaders who are making empowerment happen at the MOEA ceremony, taking place on Thursday the 19th of March at the Sandton Convention Centre. For more information on the Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards and to book your table, please call Laura Barker on 021 791 7100.

    Topco Media
    DYNAMIC BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA Topco Media is one of South Africa's leading business-to-business media houses, producing high profile, relevant conferences and awards. Our conferences include Africa Tech Week, Standard Bank Top Women, Top Empowerment, Future of HR, National Business Awards and Future of Sustainability. We also produce authoritative and informative business and investment publications such as Top 500, Top Empowerment, Nelson Mandela 100 years to name a few.
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