DKB Ghana originally born Derick Kobina Bonney on September 3, 1985, is a Ghanaian

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act,

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, actor, and event host. He has been touted as the new ''King of Ghana Comedy'' by

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who is a Ghanaian

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-comedy innovator veteran. DKB's popularity was enhanced when he represented Ghana at Big Brother Africa (season 7) in 2012.

Early life

DKB Ghana was born in the Ghana's capital city of

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on September 3, 1985, at the

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to Caroline Mensah and Harry Jerry Bonney, both Ga-Adangbe people of

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. From basic education to

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graduation in 2001, he continued his education at St. John's Grammar School in Ghana where he started discovering his love for entertainment and gradually established himself as a regular dance and rap performer during entertainment programmes there. In 2005 he gained admission to the

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where his serious engagement with

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took roots after proving himself at an event on campus.

Career

He later featured on the 'Citizen Comedy Show' on Metro TV and 'Laugh A Minute' on

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(now Kwese TV). Africa got a feel of him when he performed at the 'MNET Comedy Club Lagos 2′ which was aired to a global audience in 2011. DKB Ghana is among the few Ghanaian TV personalities who have different shows running on different channels at the same time in addition to hosting a radio comedy show. As owner and creator of Ghana's biggest monthly comedy show dubbed Comedy Express which started in 2016, it was decided by DKB and his management that the popular show go virtual amidst the

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when in July 2020 the first virtual edition aired in Ghana. In February 2014 and two years before Comedy Express DKB organized the first ever eponymous comedy tour dubbed: DKBLIVE COMEDY TOUR across Ghana. His international comedy collaborations have seen him share the stage with Observational Comedian and Satirist in the person of

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on May 15, 2016, and with British-Congolese Comedian-Actor-Presenter-Philanthropist

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Awards

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References

{{Reflist Ghanaian comedians Living people 1985 births People from Accra Ghanaian male film actors Ghanaian male television actors