Tuko
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Type of site
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Entertainment and political website |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, Swahili |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Employees | 20+ |
| Parent | Genesis Technology Partners |
| Slogan(s) | "The Heartbeat of Kenya" |
| Website | http://www.tuko.co.ke/ |
| Alexa rank |
 1156 (October 2017[update]) |
| 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 3th overall most visited website in Kenya by Alexa.
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) .
The site features a selection of "trending local news, viral content, gossip and entertainment" 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..
The name "Tuko" is translated from Swahili language as “we are here”.
In January 2017 it became the number one news and entertainment website barely two years after being set up, beating Nation and Standard Media Group.
As of October 2017, Tuko.co.ke has more than 1.7 million website users. 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.
Tuko also exists on Android applications.
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