Things You Didn’t Know About Nigeria’s Richest Comedians

Comedy in Nigeria are no joke. Comedians collectively rake in billions of naira annually, striking out the notion that all African performing artists are struggling to survive while perfecting their craft. Nollywood and Nigeria’s booming entertainment industry are credited with helping drive Nigeria’s status to No. 1 economy in Africa.


What you may not know about Nigeria’s funny guys is that they’re also investors, astute business strategists and CEOs of companies.

Here are some success stories of some of Nigeria’s most crowd-pleasing artists: Things you didn’t know about Nigeria’s richest comedians.

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