ABOUT PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS FORUM
Bridging Business and Government for Sustainable Growth
We create powerful platforms where business leaders, policymakers, and industry stakeholders connect, collaborate, and shape South Africa’s economic future.
The Progressive Business Forum (PBF) is a leading subscription-based platform that brings together influential voices from across South Africa’s business landscape.
Established in 2006, the organisation has played a key role in facilitating meaningful engagement between the private sector and government.
Our purpose is simple yet powerful: to create structured opportunities for dialogue, collaboration, and strategic alignment that drive economic growth and transformation.
We are not a lobbying organisation. Instead, we serve as an independent, non-partisan platform that enables open and constructive engagement across sectors.
To be South Africa’s most influential platform for business-government collaboration and economic dialogue.
We design and deliver high-impact programmes that bring together decision-makers, industry experts, and thought leaders.
Enable direct access to key policymakers.
Facilitate strategic conversations on national priorities.
Provide platforms for businesses to showcase influence.
Drive partnerships across industries.
Host forums and roundtables that shape economic dialogue.
Create spaces for business leaders and policymakers to connect.
These initiatives include forums, roundtables, exhibitions, and high-level networking events that unlock opportunities and collaboration.
For nearly two decades, PBF has:
• Hosted high-level engagements with government leaders
• Facilitated policy discussions that influence national direction
• Built strategic partnerships across industries
• Created platforms for businesses to grow and connect
Become part of a platform that connects influence with opportunity.
Engage. Collaborate. Shape the future.
