Taco Esgo Kuiper (11 November 1941 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 24 September 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was an investigative journalist and wealthy publisher in South Africa. He was best known in the late 20th century as owner and publishing editor of The Investors’ Guide in Johannesburg, for undertaking and encouraging investigative journalism in South Africa, and for funding the annual Taco Kuiper Award in investigative journalism.