South African entrepreneur, Ntsoaki Phali, is the founder of Beyond Ability Talent Solutions. Her company, started in 2009, specialises in the recruitment, training and placement of people with disabilities into employment.
It also works with firms to help them adapt their workspaces to better cater for employees with different physical capabilities and has worked with large clients that include the likes of Discovery Health and Volvo.
The opportunity for her business opened due to the Employment Equity Act introduced by the South African Department of Labour in 1998. The regulation aims to protect employees from unfair discrimination.
However, Ntsoaki only became aware of this while working as the human resources coordinator at South African Breweries during 2008 and 2009. She had been mandated to employ people with disabilities, but struggled with the task.
She quit her job to create a business that would be a one-stop shop for recruiting people with disabilities, but faced several tough and unexpected challenges.
Ntsoaki recently won the 2017 Woman of Stature’s Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
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