{"id":28110,"date":"2023-01-03T17:21:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T16:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1762881"},"modified":"2023-01-03T23:02:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:02:24","slug":"meet-simba-rwambiwa-the-apprentice-2023-candidate","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/meet-simba-rwambiwa-the-apprentice-2023-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Simba Rwambiwa: The Apprentice 2023 candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 03 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>On Thursday 5th January, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/apprentice-season-17-air-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Apprentice<\/a> will return for a brand new season, with 18 budding entrepreneurs ready to show off their skills in a bid to impress Lord Alan Sugar and bag a \u00a3250,000 investment in their business idea.<\/p>\n<p>One of those contestants is Simba Rwambiwa, a Senior Sales Representative from Birmingham who believes: \u201cIf people can\u2019t buy into you, they\u2019ll never buy anything from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he makes his Apprentice debut, read on for everything you need to know about Simba, one of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/apprentice-2023-cast-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Apprentice 2023 candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Simba Rwambiwa?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>Job:<\/b> Senior Sales Representative<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>From:<\/b> Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;page&quot;\" title=\"&quot;Page\">\n<div class=\"&quot;section&quot;\">\n<div class=\"&quot;layoutArea&quot;\">\n<p>Self-confessed \u201cperfectionist\u201d Simba Rwambiwa is a Senior Sales Representative from Birmingham.\u00a0He\u2019s more than ready to change the status quo of business, and believes his only downfall is his perfectionism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">\u201cMy biggest weakness is that I\u2019m a perfectionist, I always want to get things right,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What has Simba said about joining The Apprentice 2023?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Of course Simba has his eye on the \u00a3250,000 prize and having Lord Sugar as his business partner.\u00a0But what makes him the best person for the job?<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;page&quot;\" title=\"&quot;Page\">\n<div class=\"&quot;section&quot;\">\n<div class=\"&quot;layoutArea&quot;\">\n<div class=\"&quot;column&quot;\">\n<p>He revealed before filming: \u201cI deserve Lord Sugar\u2019s business investment because I have a business that not only guarantees profit, but also guarantees to improve the quality of peoples\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p> <h2><strong>When does The Apprentice start?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Season 17 of The Apprentice starts on <strong>Thursday 5th January at 9pm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The new season will see Lord Sugar joined by his trusted advisors, Baroness Karren Brady, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/tim-campbell-the-apprentice\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Tim Campbell<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/claude-littner-the-apprentice\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Claude Littner<\/a>, who will <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2023-claude-littner-reduced-role-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">return for two episodes<\/a> after being absent in last year\u2019s competition following a serious injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>The Apprentice returns to BBC one and <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b0071b63\/the-apprentice&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>BBC iPlayer<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0on Thursday 5th January 2023.\u00a0If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Grace Henry Published: Tuesday, 03 January 2023 at 12:00 am On Thursday 5th January, The Apprentice will return for a brand new season, with 18 budding entrepreneurs ready to show off their skills in a bid to impress Lord Alan Sugar and bag a \u00a3250,000 investment in their business idea. 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