Tuko

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TUKO
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Type of site
News, entertainment and political website
Available inEnglish, Swahili
Founded2015; 7 years ago (2015)
Headquarters
Nairobi
,
Kenya
IndustryOnline newspaper
Employees20+
URLhttps://www.tuko.co.ke
RegistrationNone
Launched2015; 7 years ago (2015)
Current statusActive

TUKO.co.ke is a Kenyan online newspaper and entertainment website that features aggregated, exclusive and users’ generated news content.

History and character[]

Founded in 2014, TUKO.co.ke has its headquarters in Nairobi and is a partner of Genesis Media global consumer Internet company which also cooperates with Legit.ng (in Nigeria) and YEN.com.gh (in Ghana) .[1]

The site features a selection of "trending local news, viral content and entertainment"[2] with which it attracts a number of readers across the country who don't have the patience for traditional news outlets.

Meaning of name[]

The name "TUKO" is translated from Swahili language as "we are here", or " we are there"[3] or simply "We are", at least according to The Guide Kenya.

Popularity[]

In January 2017 TUKO.co.ke became the number one news and entertainment website[2] barely two years after being set up, beating Nation and Standard Media Group.[4][5]

As of October 2017, TUKO.co.ke has more than 1.7 million website users.[6] Currently the website's Facebook community is almost 6 million fans. The website TUKO.co.ke has more than 20 categories of news which helps to attract diverse audience.[7]

TUKO.co.ke also exists on Android applications.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Почему украинские медийщики решили, что проще зарабатывать деньги в Африке и на Филиппинах → Roem.ru" (in Russian). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  2. ^ a b "Now TUKO is most popular website in Kenya - Business Today News". businesstoday.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  3. ^ Njeri, Kinyua (2019-05-28). "Tuko Website Review Guide: The Good and the Bad of Tuko.Co.Ke". The Guide Kenya. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  4. ^ "Tuko.co.ke Beats Nation and Standard Media Group". venasnews.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  5. ^ "Tuko.co.ke beats Nation and Standard". COFEK. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  6. ^ "Tuko.co.ke #1 in Kenya". businesstoday.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  7. ^ "Tuko.co.ke Categories". georgiatoday.ge. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  8. ^ "Tuko.co.ke is equipped with blogs". play.google.com. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
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