Technology
The Tiko platform: Powering proven impact for girls
Our technology drives a transformative digital platform that breaks down barriers to fragmented health services for adolescent girls.
The challenge
Tackling siloed services
Across Africa, health systems are not built to respond to the combined risks of unintended pregnancy, HIV, and sexual violence affecting adolescent girls. Fragmented, costly services often lack the safety and dignity girls expect, leaving many isolated and reluctant to seek care.
Our solution
A connected network designed to improve girls’ access to integrated health services
The Tiko platform brings together four fragmented components of healthcare into one ecosystem centred around girls.
Tiko platform
Tracks and validates each interaction between girls and the network of partners.
Healthcare providers
Provide quality health services tailored to girls’ needs.
Retailers
Redeem Tiko Miles for essential products such as menstrual pads and food.
Community mobilisers
Build demand among girls for health services and refer them to providers.
How it works
High-tech, lo-tech, no tech – a platform for all
Powered by our platform and community-based peers, each girl is matched with the providers, services, and products that fit her needs and choices – independent of the technology she owns. Built for true inclusion, partners use a sophisticated Android app while girls access care at no cost through the low-tech or no-tech tools they already rely on.
For girls
No smartphone? No problem. 80% of girls use a physical, QR-enabled Tiko Card, while 20% connect via SMS. This ensures 100% accessibility. Girls can also link their phone numbers to receive reminders and rate their care.
QR-enabled Tiko Card
SMS connection
For mobilisers
Our community heroes use the Tiko App to enrol girls, screen for health needs, and manage girls’ Tiko Miles earnings.
Tiko App powered
Community-based
For health providers
Clinics use the app to register services in real-time, trigger subsidy payments, and maintain high-quality audit standards.
Real-time registration
Automated payments
For retailers
Shop owners use the platform to accept Tiko Miles as payment for essential goods and track reimbursements instantly.
Accept Tiko Miles
Instant tracking
Access has improved since the system acts as a bridge between the healthcare providers and the client plus the mobiliser. The Tiko platform also shows the real-time coordinates of physical locations where you can receive certain services locally and connects you to a provider.
Lucy Achieng Onyango
Tiko CBO partner
GirlPower Kenya
Impact
Measurable, verified and accessible
Beyond connecting girls to the health services they need, our platform also combines behavioural nudges and real-time, reliable data verification ensuring traceability and trackability. It is designed for low-connectivity, low-cost devices, and diverse literacy levels. And it enables us to constantly learn, improve and strengthen adolescent girls’ access to healthcare.
Trusted verification
To ensure every dollar reaches a real person, Tiko uses advanced biometrics to confirm each girl’s identity and report on each service she uses. It is private, non-invasive, and works on any low-cost smartphone.
Assurance
At the point of service, a quick voice check helps prevent fraud, eliminates duplicate records, and ensures that even girls with limited literacy can securely access the care they deserve.
Data privacy
We believe data belongs to the user. It is protected by design, kept confidential, and never sold.
Dynamic reporting
While many health systems rely on static, outdated government reports, the Tiko platform provides dynamic, real-time data.