What Triggerise does

Triggerise, now operating as Tiko, is a Netherlands-headquartered non-profit founded in 2014 that runs a digitally enabled ecosystem connecting vulnerable adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa to free sexual and reproductive health services. The organization targets the 'triple threat' of unintended pregnancy, HIV, and sexual violence, citing that 1 in 4 girls in the region become pregnant before age 18, 63% of new HIV infections occur among girls aged 15-24, and 1 in 5 girls experience sexual violence. Its service offering spans family planning, HIV testing and prevention/treatment, sexual violence screening and support, trauma counselling, menstrual hygiene management, and peer support through 'Tiko Clubs'.

The core technology is the Tiko Platform, a multi-channel digital enrollment and service-delivery system accessible via WhatsApp (high-tech), SMS (lo-tech), or QR code (no-tech), backed by QR-coded Tiko Cards for privacy-protected identity and a Tiko Miles rewards currency redeemable at participating local retailers. Community mobilisers, recruited from the same informal settlements as the end users, identify and enroll girls; enrolled girls are then referred to a network of partner clinics, pharmacies, and retailers. Healthcare providers are paid via performance-based subsidies triggered by verified service registration and quality ratings submitted by the girls themselves, creating a closed-loop system between demand (girls), supply (providers), and accountability (ratings).

Tiko is funded almost entirely by philanthropic and development-finance capital rather than commercial revenue: named institutional partners include ELMA, UNFPA, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), Bridges Outcomes Partnerships (via a Development Impact Bond), and the Anglo American Foundation. Services are delivered at no cost to the end user, with a publicly cited unit cost of $27 per girl per year. Leadership consists of CEO Benoit Renard and Director of Platform Operations Allison Blajda, with a broader team sized at 11-50 employees. The organization has stated a public target of reaching 3.5 million adolescent girls annually across six sub-Saharan African countries by 2030.

Name

Triggerise

Legal name

Tiko Africa

Website

https://triggerise.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Triggerise (now Tiko) is a non-profit digital health platform that connects vulnerable adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa to free family planning, HIV, and sexual violence services via community mobilisers and partner clinics, funded primarily by institutional philanthropic and development-finance backers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic/Development Funding: Tiko operates as a non-profit health platform funded by institutional donors and development investors. Services are provided free of charge to adolescent girls. Healthcare providers receive subsidy payments from Tiko based on verified service delivery. Retailers cash in Tiko Miles for real payments from Tiko.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Triggerise (now Tiko) operates a digitally-enabled ecosystem that connects adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa to free sexual and reproductive healthcare, HIV testing and treatment, sexual violence support, trauma counselling, and menstrual hygiene products. The platform links girls to a network of community mobilisers, healthcare providers, pharmacies, and retailers via WhatsApp, SMS, or QR code enrollment, with Tiko Miles rewards redeemable at local shops. Healthcare providers receive subsidy payments triggered by verified service delivery and girl ratings.

Product overview

Tiko is a unified health platform designed specifically for adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa, addressing the triple threat of unintended pregnancy, HIV, and sexual violence. The core Tiko Platform serves as the central digital ecosystem, connecting girls through multiple access channels (WhatsApp, SMS, QR codes) to a network of healthcare providers, community mobilisers, retailers, and community-based organizations. The platform is complemented by Tiko Miles (a rewards currency earned by accessing and rating health services, redeemable at local shops for hygiene products and food), Tiko Cards (QR-enabled identification cards), and Tiko Clubs (peer support groups). All services are provided at no cost to girls, with healthcare providers compensated through subsidy payments triggered by service registration on the platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tiko Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 in 4 girls in sub-Saharan Africa become pregnant before age 18
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• MSI Reproductive Choices: One of the world's largest providers of sexual and reproductive health services across sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Highly comparable to Tiko in target population, geography, and SRH service mix, though MSI delivers through a clinical network rather than a digital-platform-plus-mobiliser model.
• Jacaranda Health: East Africa-based digital health organization using SMS and WhatsApp to connect mothers to maternal and newborn health services, with government-hospital partnerships in Kenya. Comparable to Tiko in digital-platform-plus-community-health-worker delivery model and African geography.
• DKT International: Major social marketing and SRH service-delivery NGO active across more than 90 countries, including sub-Saharan Africa. Directly comparable to Tiko in mission (contraception, HIV prevention) and developing-country focus, though DKT operates a broader commercial-style distribution network.

Emerging players

• Noora Health: Digital health education platform equipping family caregivers with health skills, primarily in South Asia and increasingly in Africa. Comparable to Tiko in using multi-channel digital tooling to deliver health outcomes at low marginal cost, though focuses on caregiver education rather than adolescent SRH.
• Living Goods: Operates a tech-enabled community health worker network in sub-Saharan Africa delivering maternal, child, and primary health services. Comparable to Tiko in leveraging digitally equipped community health workers to reach underserved populations, though focused on general primary care rather than adolescent SRH.
• Last Mile Health: Builds and manages community health worker programs in remote sub-Saharan Africa using digital tools. Comparable to Tiko in mobilizing local community health workers as the primary delivery channel and in its focus on hard-to-reach populations.

Broad incumbents

• Population Services International (PSI): Large global health organization operating across SRH, HIV, and primary healthcare with significant sub-Saharan Africa presence. Broadly comparable in mission and geography, but PSI's portfolio spans many health verticals beyond Tiko's adolescent-girl focus.
• PATH: Global health innovation organization with deep portfolio in SRH, HIV, and digital health across Africa and Asia. Comparable in mission breadth, institutional donor backing, and technology-enabled health delivery, though PATH operates at a much larger scale across many verticals.
• Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI): Large global health organization working with governments in low-income countries to strengthen health systems, including HIV and SRH. Comparable in African footprint and donor-backed operating model, though CHAI operates primarily as a government-adjacent technical advisor rather than a service-delivery platform.

Others

• Simprints: Provides biometric and digital identity technology for health and humanitarian programs in low-resource settings. Adjacent to Tiko as an enabling technology provider — both depend on privacy-protected digital identity for vulnerable populations in similar geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@TikoAfrica
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tikoafrica
• Instagraminstagram.com/tikokenya
• TikToktiktok.com/@tiko.kenya
• Xx.com/triggerise

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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