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Japhet Ruto
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Current Affairs and Business Editor, Tuko
Kenya
Beats
Biography
Japhet Ruto is an award-winning TUKO.co.ke journalist with over eight years of working experience in the media industry. Ruto graduated from Moi University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Journalism. He is a Current Affairs and Business Editor. He keeps people informed and entertained. Ruto won the 2019 BAKE Awards’ Agriculture Blog of the Year. He was named TUKO.co.ke's best Current Affairs Editor in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, he was the best-performing TUKO.co.ke editor. Japhet successfully completed the Advance digital reporting curriculum of the Google News Initiative, designed to help journalists find, verify and tell their stories. He also completed the Experimenting with new formats curriculum of the Google News Initiative, designed to help journalists find, verify and tell their stories.
Business
gadgets, b2b
Content
Company Info
Tuko
TUKO.co.ke is Kenya’s largest online news platform, established in 2015 by Legit Media Group. Based in Nairobi, it employs over 70 people and generates around $5 million in annual revenue. The platform attracts more than 8 million unique users each month, delivering over 32 million page views. TUKO.co.ke is recognized for its editorial expertise and strong social media presence. The company provides comprehensive news coverage, including breaking news, business updates, politics, entertainment, and human-interest stories in both English and Swahili. TUKO.co.ke also offers advertising solutions such as desktop and mobile banners, social media branded posts, and video production. Additionally, it creates tailored campaigns for brands and utilizes technology to enhance user experience through personalized newsfeeds. With a mission to inspire and inform, TUKO.co.ke emphasizes audience-centric content and values accountability, trust, and technological innovation.
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Founded: 2015