Frank Donga

Kunle Idowu
Frank Donga at the 2018 Lagos Digital Summit
Born
Kunle Idowu

13 October[year needed]
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigerian
EducationAgricultural Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Alma materOlabisi Onabanjo University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active2013-present

Kunle Idowu (Listen), popularly known as Frank Donga, is a Nigerian actor and comedian. He rose to fame through the webseries, The Interview, on Ndani TV about an unassuming job-seeker for which he was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy in the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award in 2015.[1] He has gone on to feature in several movies like The Wedding Party and its sequel The Wedding Party 2.[2] Previously working as a journalist,[3] he also works as a photographer and a filmmaker.[4]

In 2022, he and Philomaine Nanema co-presented Hello Doc, a series intended to encourage COVID-19 immunisation in Africa.[5]

  1. ^ "Nominees Announced for 2015 AMVCAs". Africa Magic Official Website - Nominees Announced for 2015 AMVCAs. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ^ Adetiba, Kemi (20 May 2017), The Wedding Party, Alibaba Akporobome, Zainab Balogun, Daniella Down, retrieved 30 March 2018
  3. ^ "'How I Use Comedy For Journalism' – Frank Donga". INFORMATION NIGERIA. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. ^ "KUNLE IDOWU 'FRANK DONGA' : FRANKLY SPEAKING ABOUT WORK AND LIFE". www.asikobeampeh.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Niyel Advocates For Confidence In Routine Immunisation In Africa" (Press release). Dakar, Senegal: Niyel. African Media Agency. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via East African Business Week.