The comedian’s blend of laugh-out-loud humor and cheeky charm has brought him widespread following in his home country and abroad, and even landed him inside the pages of Vogue.
However, he has followed an unorthodox path to success, having spent years working as a switch engineer for one of Uganda’s biggest telecoms companies. It was only when he entered a comedy competition on the encouragement of his sisters and came second that he realized he could make a living out of his funnyman persona.
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“When you do a joke today, there’s no way you’re going to do it tomorrow. So you’re challenged to do something better, you’re challenged to use your head, to use your mind, to use every part of your body to the best of your ability,” Salvado says.
“It has helped me actually exploit most of the things that I didn’t know I could do. So I should say comedy has changed my life.”
