{"id":6844,"date":"2015-07-06T08:46:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T08:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=6844"},"modified":"2015-07-06T08:46:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T08:46:36","slug":"david-kibuuka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/david-kibuuka","title":{"rendered":"An African Comedian Joins Trevor Noah On The Daily Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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David Kibuuka, who is best known for working as a field correspondent on the satirical news show <em>Late Nite News,\u00a0<\/em>will join the team as a staff writer. Trevor Noah is set to replace Jon Steward as <em>The Daily Show<\/em>&#8216;s new host on September 28th, 2015.<\/p>\n<h2>A comic at heart<\/h2>\n<div>Kibuuka graduated with an Honours Degree in Finance from Wits University but was seduced by the entertainment world.\u00a0<em>&#8220;I have a BCom degree but don&#8217;t think I will ever use it. Can you imagine if I went for an interview today \u2013 so what have you been up to all these years? \u2013 telling jokes! No one would hire me.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0Kibuuka says he loves comedy because comedians can touch on any subject and put a comic twist at the end.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>His career as a comedian started when he won the 5FM\u2019s Freshest Five talent show. David has never looked back ever since. In 2011, he received a Standard Bank Ovation Award for the Best Comedy Show at the Grahamstown Arts Festival<i>\u00a0<\/i>and in 2014,\u00a0he\u00a0David had his first sports assignment. He covered the Fifa World Cup in Brazil for eNCA&#8217;s show\u00a0<em>Late Nite News<\/em>.<\/div>\n<div>We wish him the best of luck in his new project in Los Angeles.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6850\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/16628430008_8c4ca2d1a4_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/16628430008_8c4ca2d1a4_o-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/16628430008_8c4ca2d1a4_o-1-566x300.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/16628430008_8c4ca2d1a4_o-1-600x318.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6850\" 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