Comedians are becoming one of South Africa's prime exports. Soon after it was announced that Trevor Noah would become the new host of The Daily Show, stand-up David Kibuuka said he would join Noah on the top American show as one of the writers.Loyiso Gola recently joined the Australian satire The Weekly Show as a correspondent.And now Jason Goliath and ventriloquist Conrad Koch (the man behind Chester Missing) are heading to the world's largest international comedy event - the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, Canada .Top international funnymen like Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Mike Myers, Neil Patrick Harris, Rob Schneider and Jimmy Carr will be at the festival - as will Noah.Goliath said: "The greatest comedians in the world will be performing. The guys that have already peaked are going to be engaging with younger comedians like myself. It's my wedding day in stand up comedy."Industry veteran Joe Parker said: " Comedy is growing in this country and comedians are getting better, which means the competition makes everyone work harder."Parker warned that international fame was by no means certain."I wouldn't say our comedians are in demand but rather that they are working hard to make themselves in demand."South African comedians have something that international audiences want, said Koch.Our comedians "have a fresh voice", he said.Goliath said: "The world is tired of First-World stories, the world is hungry for Third-World stories because comedy is based on and comes from pain and nobody knows pain better than South Africans."The challenge is finding a way of sharing this pain in a way that international audiences can relate to.Koch said: "For the international audience we're totally fresh."The challenge then is recalibrating your work so that another audience can relate."..