Tuko

'Tuko.co.ke'
Type of site
 News, entertainment and political website
Available in English, Swahili
Founded 2015
Headquarters Nairobi, Kenya
Employees 20+
Parent Genesis Technology Partners
Website http://www.tuko.co.ke/
Alexa rank Decrease 2214 (September 2018)[1]
Registration Optional
Launched 2015
Current status Active

TUKO is a Kenyan news and entertainment website that features aggregated, exclusive and users’ generated news content. It is published at tuko.co.ke. It is ranked as the sixth overall most visited website in Kenya by Alexa.[1]

History and character

Founded in 2015, Tuko.co.ke has its headquarters in Nairobi and is part of the global consumer internet company called Genesis Media which also owns Naij.com (in Nigeria) and Yen (in Ghana) .[2]

The site features a selection of "trending local news, viral content, gossip and entertainment"[3] with which it attracts a number of readers across the country who don't have the patience for traditional news outlets.

As part of Tuko's experiments with its content, as of May 2017 Tuko.co.ke is equipped with blogs in order to attract talented bloggers from Kenya.[4]

Meaning of name

The name "Tuko" is translated from Swahili language as "we are here".

Popularity

In January 2017 it became the number one news and entertainment website[5] barely two years after being set up, beating Nation and Standard Media Group.[6][7]

As of October 2017, Tuko.co.ke has more than 1.7 million website users.[8] Currently the website's Facebook community is almost 3 million fans. The website Tuko.co.ke has more than 20 categories of news which helps to attract diverse audience.[9]

Tuko also exists on Android applications.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tuko.co.ke Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  2. ↑ "Почему украинские медийщики решили, что проще зарабатывать деньги в Африке и на Филиппинах → Roem.ru" (in Russian). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  3. ↑ "Now TUKO is most popular website in Kenya - Business Today News". businesstoday.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  4. ↑ "Tuko.co.ke is equipped with blogs". www.thezimbabwean.co. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  5. ↑ "Now TUKO is most popular website in Kenya - Business Today News". businesstoday.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  6. ↑ "Tuko.co.ke Beats Nation and Standard Media Group". venasnews.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  7. ↑ "Tuko.co.ke beats Nation and Standard". COFEK. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  8. ↑ "Tuko.co.ke #1 in Kenya". businesstoday.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  9. ↑ "Tuko.co.ke Categories". georgiatoday.ge. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  10. ↑ "Tuko.co.ke is equipped with blogs". play.google.com. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
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