Tuko


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.

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 and YEN.com.gh .
The site features a selection of "trending local news, viral content 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.

Meaning of name

The name "Tuko" is translated from Swahili language as "we are here", or " we are there" or simply "We are", at least according to .

Popularity

In January 2017 Tuko 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 6 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.