While the waters around Auckland Park thesedays are filled with more vicious creatures, it's pay-TV broadcaster M-Net over in Randburg that has decided to bring a local version of the format show Shark Tank to viewers.
Shark Tank South
Africa
is like the British Dragons’ Den that
already saw a single season local version on the Mzansi Magic channel in 2014,
and also revolves around investors listening to entrepreneurs pitch their
business plans and ideas.
M-Net says it wants to do Shark Tank South
Africa to "promote an entrepreneurial spirit in our country and believes that
the fast-paced, entertaining Shark Tank format is a perfect fit for M-Net".
Like Dragons’
Den SA, Shark Tank SA is produced
by Rapid Blue. Filming will start in August and episodes will be broadcast on
M-Net (DStv 101) from October.
People over 18 can enter now until 24 July and
have to submit a 60-second video business pitch and can be done on a
smartphone.
Successful candidates will appear before the
five "sharks" – who have not been announced yet – to pitch their business plan
and ask for money in the hourlong episodes.
The online entry form can be found here.
