DKB Ghana

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DKB Ghana
Born
Derick Kobina Bonney
Education University of Ghana
Occupation(s)Stand-up comedian, TV & event personality
Years active2005–present
Known forGhana rep – Big Brother Africa Season 7
Awards2019 Best Ghanaian Comedian of the Year

DKB Ghana originally born Derick Kobina Bonney on September 3, 1985, is a Ghanaian stand-up comedy act, [1] TV presenter, actor, and event host. He has been touted as the new King of Ghana Comedy by Kwaku Sintim-Misa who is a Ghanaian satire-comedy innovator veteran. [2] DKB's popularity was enhanced when he represented Ghana at Big Brother Africa (season 7) in 2012.

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Early life

DKB Ghana was born in the Ghana's capital city of Accra on September 3, 1985, at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to Caroline Mensah and Harry Jerry Bonney, both Ga-Adangbe people of Ghana.

From basic education to Middle school 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. [3] In 2005 he gained admission to the University of Ghana where his serious engagement with Stand-up comedy took roots after proving himself at an event on campus. [4]

Career

He later featured on the 'Citizen Comedy Show' on Metro TV and 'Laugh A Minute' on Viasat 1 (now Kwese TV). [5] 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. [6] 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. [7] As owner and creator of Ghana's biggest monthly comedy show dubbed Comedy Express which started in 2016, [8] it was decided by DKB and his management that the popular show go virtual amidst the COVID-19 pandemic when in July 2020 the first virtual edition aired in Ghana. [9] In February 2014 and two years before Comedy Express DKB organized the first ever eponymous comedy tour dubbed: DKBLIVE COMEDY TOUR across Ghana. [10] His international comedy collaborations have seen him share the stage with Observational Comedian and Satirist in the person of Aron Kader on May 15, 2016, and with British-Congolese Comedian-Actor-Presenter-Philanthropist Eddie Kadi.

Awards

YearAwardBodyResult
2019Best Comedy actGhana Entertainment Awards, US [11] Won
2019Best Ghanaian Comedian of the YearGhana Music & Arts Awards, EU [ citation needed ]Won
2018Best Entertainer of the YearGH Entertainment Awards, US [12] Nominated
2017Best Comedian ActGH Entertainment Awards, US [13] Won
2016Comedian of the YearViasat1 “JIGWE” awards, Ghana [14] Won


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  2. ↑ "DKB King of Ghana comedy". Modern Ghana.
  3. ↑ "the beginnings". Modern Ghana.
  4. ↑ "on stage at school". Modern Ghana.
  5. ↑ "DKB, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  6. ↑ "Africa meets DKB". Ghanaweb.
  7. ↑ "DKB as host on Ghanaian airwaves". entertainmentgh.
  8. ↑ "DKB Comedy express in 2016". ghanastar.
  9. ↑ "DKB Comedy Express goes virtual in 2020". entertainmentgh.
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  12. ↑ "Award in the US". nydjlive.
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