DKB Ghana

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DKB Ghana
Born
Derick Kobina Bonney
OccupationStand-up Comedian, TV & Event personality
Years active2005–present
Known forGhana rep – Big brother Africa Season 7

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.

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[3] 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.[4] In 2005 he gained admission to the University of Ghana where his serious engagememnt with Stand-up comedy took roots after proving himself at an event on campus.[5]

Career[]

He later became a national comedy sensation in Ghana after featuring on the 'Citizen Comedy Show' on Metro TV and 'Laugh A Minute' on Viasat 1 (now Kwese TV).[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] As owner and creator of Ghana's biggest monthly comedy show dubbed Comedy Express which started in 2016,[9] 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.[10] In February 2014 and two years before Comedy Express DKB organized the first ever eponymous comedy tour dubbed: DKBLIVE COMEDY TOUR across Ghana.[11] 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[]

Year Award Body Result
2019 Best Comedy act Ghana Entertainment Awards, US[12] Won
2019 Best Ghanaian Comedian of the Year Ghana Music & Arts Awards, EU[13] Won
2018 Best Entertainer of the Year GH Entertainment Awards, US[14] Nominated
2017 Best Comedian Act GH Entertainment Awards, US[15] Won
2016 Comedian of the Year Viasat1 “JIGWE” awards, Ghana[16] Won

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "DKB in 2017". Ghanaweb.
  2. ^ "DKB King of Ghana comedy". Modern Ghana.
  3. ^ "baisc school days". CelebritiesBuzz.
  4. ^ "the beginnings". Modern Ghana.
  5. ^ "on stage at school". Modern Ghana.
  6. ^ "Comedy sensation in Ghana". CelebritiesBuzz.
  7. ^ "Africa meets DKB". Ghanaweb.
  8. ^ "DKB as host on Ghanaian airwaves". entertainmentgh.
  9. ^ "DKB Comedy express in 2016". ghanastar.
  10. ^ "DKB Comedy Express goes virtual in 2020". entertainmentgh.
  11. ^ "DKB Tours Ghana". Ghanaweb.
  12. ^ "Award in the US". ghgossip.
  13. ^ "Award in the EU". ghgossip.
  14. ^ "Award in the US". nydjlive.
  15. ^ "Award in the US". beatznation.
  16. ^ "Award in Ghana". eonlinegh.
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