4 Bulawayo contestants in My Own Boss show

FOUR contestants from Bulawayo will represent the province in this year's edition of the television series My Own Boss (MOB), Buy Zimbabwe, with the show's two-week boot camp set to begin on Monday next week.

The four are Ngonidzashe Killian Mudzimu (26), Sandisiwe Mahlangu (28), Thamsanqa Bhala Ndlovu (20) and Knowledge Nyenyayi (24).

Nyenyayi is a chemical engineering undergraduate student and operates a small hotdog business on Campus.

Mahlangu is a qualified nurse.

Ndlovu owns a business and Mudzimu has a Bcom in International Business and runs a fishery in Gokwe.

The four are among 20 contestants that will battle it out to reach the final 14 and get a shot at the $25 000 grand prize.

The television show will run for 13 episodes and will bring together business executives who will give knowledge to contestants.

In an interview yesterday, MOB spokesperson Rumbidzai Matinanga said all was set for the boot camp.

She said the boot camp was for two weeks and would focus on orientating the contestants on the aspects of business.

"The boot camp is two weeks long, starting on 16 July and ending on 28 July.

"It is a business orientation programme for the contestants. The camp will focus on the following aspects: Equipping contestants with theoretical business knowledge, experience in executing practical business tasks, teamwork and leadership," said Matinanga.

"The boot camp will be divided into two sessions. The first from 16 to 21 July will be theory and from 21 to 28 July will be practical," said Matinanga.

"A panel of experienced business executives will be mentoring the contestants. On each day of the camping period a business executive will be brought in to interact with contestants on the Buy Zimbabwe Champions' night.

"A magazine and a DVD will be produced thereafter by the group for presentation to CEOs and sales to support young entrepreneurs," said Matinanga.

She said thereafter the final 14 would be announced on 3 August during the launch and production would end on 2 November the day of the grand finale.

"The filming and the tasks will start on 6 August when they enter the house and the tasks will end on 20 October. The production of the film will end on 2 November the day of the grand finale," said Matinanga.

MOB seeks to nurture, educate and expose raw talent for youths between the ages of 18 and 35.

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