POWER IN COLLABORATION, COACHING AND CONFIDENCE!

Powerz-on is a South African manufacturing company that specialises in the manufacture of flat plate solar panels. Powerz-on & Solar Distribution Africa, which is one of the largest solar distributors in South Africa are both divisions of NuSolar. Powerz-on products are SABS approved and carry a 10 year warranty.

 

Powerz-on, in conjunction with Gryphon Enterprise Development (PTY) Ltd, a sister company of Powerz-on, and the enterprise development arm of our group of companies (CSI), started an empowerment initiative with the explicit objective of assisting disadvantaged people who have a passion and desire to operate their own businesses, but do not have the opportunity to do so.

Our business model is based on the creation and development of entrepreneurs, which will be black-owned, managed entities. We are providing a sustainable model to empower communities by applying the principles of excellence, empowerment and sustainability.

On the 25 March 2011 Gryphon Enterprise Development had a launch for three of their employees who were given the opportunity to start their own businesses. They were trained for one month on how to operate and manage their own business. In addition to the training they were on a nine month coaching program sponsored by us. Three businesses were launched, two of them in the renewable energy sector, Zolani Solar Water Heating Solutions and  Khula Solar Water Projects and one in the services sector, Bright Spot Cleaning Services.

 

 

The launch was successful and these businesses operate on their own with some support from Gryphon. This will slowly be phased out in the next three months. The training and coaching they received will hopefully carry them through to become successful entities.