2011–2020 After completing his O level in 2010, he went to
Harare to start his comedic journey but he did not have any relatives there where he could stay. In 2011 he traveled to Bulawayo to find a comedy club but found none. In 2012 he left for Harare where he performed for the first time on 9 October 2012 at the
Simuka Comedy Night hosted at Book café. He was booed by the audience. For almost two years, he couldn't make people laugh at the open mic yet he kept coming back every Monday to perform. He would perform stand-up in local bars, open-mic nights, and community gatherings, often doing free shows to refine his act. In 2014, he then went back to Bulawayo, where a new comedy club called
Umahlekisa had been formed. He was helped by the founder, Ntando Van Moyo with stage time and honing skills to be a better comedian. He became affectionately known as "The Village Boy from Chimanimani" because of his village jokes. In October 2014, he began his first international tour in South Africa at The Box Comedy Club hosted at Pop Art Theatre Johannesburg. In December 2015 he performed his first one man show titled
The Longest Yard at Alliance Francaise Harare. 27 February 2016 was the first time he opened for
Barry Hilton. In the same year, he was invited to perform at the
African Comedy Festival at the Hippodrum Auditorium in
Golders Green in the
United Kingdom. While in the United Kingdom, he did a course with
Laughing Horse to improve on his skills. On 22 June 2016, he hosted his second one man show titled
The Village boy at the Reps Theatre in Harare, Zimbabwe. On 27 April 2017, Learnmore performed in a three day comedy festival at the
Swaziland International Comedy Festival, hosted by Chigubu. On 2 March 2018 he headlined the
Major Moves Comedy Nights in
Botswana at Zambezi Towers. On 29 June, he performed in
Uganda at the
Kampala Comedy Festival, hosted by Okello Okello. In July 2018, he performed in
Rwanda at the
Kigali International Comedy Festival along several Ugandans and
Daliso Chaponda. In April 2019, Learnmore headlined at the ''Free Your Mind's (FYM)
monthly stand-up comedy show, hosted by Courage the Comedian in Namibia. In the same month, he won the National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA). On 3 May 2019 he performed at the Hicofest'', in Botswana. On 7 September 2019 he won the Pan African Comic of The Year Awards at the 9th South African Savannah Comics Choice Awards in
Johannesburg,
South Africa at the Lyric Theatre. He dedicated his award to the people affected by
Cyclone Idai that hit the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe in March. In November, he was the people's choice award winner in the ''
Steve Harvey's Stand Up Spotlight Competition.'' In March 2020 he won his second NAMA Award as Outstanding Comedian of the Year. In October 2020, Learnmore won the Best Stand up Comedy Award at the All The Laughs Comedy Awards hosted in Atlanta. He was then nominated in three categories; People's Choice Awards, Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment and Male Personality of the Year for in the 6th annual Zimbabwe Achievers Awards South Africa (ZAA SA) and he won as Male Personality of the Year during the award ceremony in December.
2021–present In 2021, Learnmore was part of the cast of the second season of
Savanna Virtual Comedy Bar hosted by Comedy Central on DStv. Later in 2021 he relocated to
Pittsburgh, USA, after being offered a residency with the
Steel City Arts Foundation (Steel City AF), founded by comedian
Steve Hofstetter. This marked his transition into the American comedy scene during the COVID-19 period. In March 2022, he placed
second at the
World Series of Comedy Competition held at the Punchline Comedy Club in
Atlanta,
GA. In May 2023, he was the winner of the Boston Comedy Festival at the
Cutler Majestic Theatre in
Boston. The following month, on June 10, won the Audience Choice Award at the Jersey City Comedy Festival in
New Jersey. In 2024, he competed on
America's Got Talent (Season 19), where he received the
Golden Buzzer from host
Terry Crews for his audition performance that drew on Zimbabwean culture and humorous observations about life in America. During the
quarter-finals of AGT, his physical comedy and cross-cultural storytelling earned strong praise from judges
Simon Cowell and
Howie Mandel, with media outlets noting his ability to connect with both African and American audiences. In the Season 19 finale of
America’s Got Talent on 25 September 2024, Jonasi placed in the Top 5, with the competition ultimately won by singer
Richard Goodall. In July 2025, Learnmore performed at the Blue Heron Brewery and Event Centre,
Medina County, Ohio as part of the Secret Society Comedy While appearing as a guest at
One54 Africa podcast in February 2026, Learnmore jokingly mis-translated the lyrics to the opening line of the "
Circle of Life" chant, "Nants’ingonyama bagithi Baba," in English to "Look, there's a lion. Oh my god." The clips have since gone viral.
Lebo M, who co-wrote “The Circle of Life”, did not like the translation made by Learnmore. On 16 March 2026, Lebo M filed a $27M lawsuit against Learnmore citing "misrepresentations, defamatory conduct, and unlawful commercial exploitation”.
One Man Shows • 2015 -
The Longest Yard • 2016 -
The Village Boy Genres •
Self-deprecation comedy •
Situational comedy == Filmography ==