DKB Biography: Full Name, Age, Hometown, Girlfriend, Parents, Career, Net-Worth, Awards, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

Derick Kobina Bonney, popularly called DKB is a young Ghanaian comedian and actor.

He was born in Accra, Ghana on of 3rd September in the 1980s at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.

He was born to Ms.Caroline Mensah and Harry Jerry Bonney.

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His favorite quote is ”the Lord is in control”.

Below is a detailed biography of DKB.

DKB Full Name

He was born Derrick Kobina Bonney. He goes by the stage name DKB which is a shortened form of his name.

DKB Parents

He was born to Ms.Caroline Mensah and Harry Jerry Bonney.

DKB Education

He had his basic education at St. Anthony’s preparatory school where he graduated from Junior High School with impressive results in 2001.

He then continued to St. John’s Grammar school where he read Agricultural Science. At St. John’s he was the Agric Students Representative in the SRC, Organising Secretary of the Agric Students Association.

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He was awarded the best I.T. student in his final year. He had a thing for entertainment in his high school days as he gradually established himself as a regular dance and rap performer during entertainment programs.

In 2005, he gained admission to the University of Ghana to read BSc. Agriculture and specialized in Post-Harvest Technology.

DKB Career

He started comedy in his first year when he witnessed a ”joking competition” and managed to beat the winner of the competition.

That scenario made him very popular on campus until he became a professional.

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He has been on platforms like the Night of 1011 laughs and music in Ghana, Eddie Kadi live in Ghana and other corporate events for Vodafone, MTN, Tigo, etc.

Despite all these distractions, it didn’t shift his attention from his academic work and he successfully graduated in 2009 with second class honors.

After school, he pursued a career in media/broadcasting and did his national service with Yfm 107.9 in 2010.

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He later became a national comedy sensation after featuring on the ‘Citizen Comedy Show’ on Metro TV and ‘Laugh A Minute’ on Viasat 1.

Africa got a feel of him when he performed at the ‘MNET Comedy Club Lagos 2′ which was aired to a global audience.

He 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 on a radio station, PLUZZ FM 89.9.

DKB represented Ghana at the Big Brother Africa reality show in 2012. He was disqualified from the show when he had a quarrel with inmate Zainab Sheriff which resulted in DKB slapping her.

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DKB Awards

DKB walked away with the top prize twice in a row at the Ghana Entertainment Awards USA as the comedian of the year in 2017 and 2018.

DKB Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter

DKB goes by the handle @dkbghana on Instagram. He goes by @RealDKBGHANA on Twitter and DKB GHANA on Facebook.

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