Step 1 of 9
What would you like to do with TGIF?
Pick the closest one. Everything after this step is chosen from your answer here, so a media request never sees a procurement question and a funder never sees a speaker brief.
What would you like to do with TGIF?*
Bring or propose an initiative
You have a challenge that does not fit neatly inside one sector and you think it should be worked as an initiative.
Partner on an existing initiative
Your organisation can contribute capability, reach or delivery to one of the seven initiatives that are already live.
Fund or sponsor an initiative
You represent a funder, a foundation, a corporate giving programme or a public budget line and want to put resources behind an initiative.
Join an advisory council
Every initiative carries its own advisory council. You have expertise one of them needs.
Explore deployment in my organisation or region
You want to understand what an initiative would look like inside your health system, ministry, city or region.
University or research collaboration
You want to study, evaluate or co-design part of an initiative from a research institution.
Technology or infrastructure partnership
You build a product, platform or piece of infrastructure that an initiative could run on.
Diaspora or community collaboration
You hold capital, expertise or a community network that could be routed into regional development.
Media, event or speaking request
You are commissioning an interview, an article, a panel or a speaker.
General inquiry
A question that does not belong to any of the paths above.
I am not sure yet
Answer three short questions and this page will point you at the closest path. You can override the suggestion.
Suggested path
Use this path
What this path means
Bring or propose an initiative
You have a challenge that does not fit neatly inside one sector and you think it should be worked as an initiative.
Who it is for
Institutions, ministries, community organisations and individual experts holding a problem that crosses institutional boundaries.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
The outcome you want to move, stated plainly
Who is affected, and where
Whatever evidence or research you already have
Anything already tried, and what happened
What normally happens next
TGIF reads the proposal against the way initiatives are structured — council, partners, funding, results — and comes back on whether it can be shaped into one, and what would still be missing.
The model
Initiatives
What this path means
Partner on an existing initiative
Your organisation can contribute capability, reach or delivery to one of the seven initiatives that are already live.
Who it is for
Organisations that would sit in an initiative’s partner list — delivery organisations, operators, networks and institutions with reach.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
Which initiative you are closest to
What your organisation would actually contribute
Where you operate
Who inside your organisation can commit to it
What normally happens next
TGIF matches the contribution against what that initiative’s partner list already covers, and proposes a first working conversation.
Initiatives
The model
What this path means
Fund or sponsor an initiative
You represent a funder, a foundation, a corporate giving programme or a public budget line and want to put resources behind an initiative.
Who it is for
Foundations, development funders, corporate sponsors, and public bodies with a budget line.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
Which initiative you are interested in
The kind of funding, and an approximate range
Any restrictions, geography or reporting requirements
Your decision timeline
What normally happens next
TGIF sends the initiative record — council, partners, funding sources and the measures already published for it — and confirms what due diligence material it can supply.
Initiatives
Why TGIF
What this path means
Join an advisory council
Every initiative carries its own advisory council. You have expertise one of them needs.
Who it is for
Practitioners and specialists in the disciplines an initiative’s council is built from.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
Which initiative your expertise fits
Your area of expertise and how long you have worked in it
Any advisory or board experience
Realistic availability, and any conflicts of interest
What normally happens next
TGIF reviews the profile against the disciplines that council is composed of and comes back on fit. Council membership is decided by people, not by this form.
The model
Initiatives
What this path means
Explore deployment in my organisation or region
You want to understand what an initiative would look like inside your health system, ministry, city or region.
Who it is for
Governments, health systems, municipalities, utilities and large operators.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
The organisation or body, and where
What is already in place — systems, infrastructure, integrations
Regulatory, procurement, data and security requirements
Who has to approve it internally
What normally happens next
TGIF works through the constraints with you before anything is scoped — procurement route, data rules, integrations and the internal approvals involved.
The model
The field
What this path means
University or research collaboration
You want to study, evaluate or co-design part of an initiative from a research institution.
Who it is for
Universities, research institutes, evaluation teams and principal investigators.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
Institution, department and principal contact
The research question
What data the work would need
Ethics or institutional approval status, and funding status
What normally happens next
TGIF confirms which initiative the question sits inside, what data could realistically be involved, and what a collaboration model would have to cover.
Why TGIF
Initiatives
What this path means
Technology or infrastructure partnership
You build a product, platform or piece of infrastructure that an initiative could run on.
Who it is for
Technology companies, infrastructure providers and platform operators.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
What the technology does, and its current stage
How it integrates, and what it needs to run
Security, compliance and hosting posture
Where it is available, and how it is supported
What normally happens next
TGIF reviews it against the interoperability, security and operating constraints the relevant initiative already works under.
Why TGIF
The model
What this path means
Diaspora or community collaboration
You hold capital, expertise or a community network that could be routed into regional development.
Who it is for
Diaspora business leaders, associations, community organisations and returnee entrepreneurs.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
The network or community you represent
What you would bring — capital, expertise, convening, or reach
The region involved
What you would want out of it
What normally happens next
TGIF looks at it through Initiative Africa, which exists to connect the other six to exactly this kind of capital, expertise and network.
Initiatives
The field
What this path means
Media, event or speaking request
You are commissioning an interview, an article, a panel or a speaker.
Who it is for
Journalists, editors, conference programmers and event organisers.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
Outlet or event, and the format
Topic, and who you are asking for
Date, location and audience
Your deadline
What normally happens next
The request is routed to the media contact with the deadline attached.
Leadership
Why TGIF
What this path means
General inquiry
A question that does not belong to any of the paths above.
Who it is for
Anyone.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
Your question, and enough context to answer it properly
What normally happens next
The inquiry is triaged and answered, or pointed at the right path.
The model
Initiatives
Why TGIF
What this path means
I am not sure yet
Answer three short questions and this page will point you at the closest path. You can override the suggestion.
Who it is for
Anyone who would rather be shown where they fit than guess.
What TGIF asks you to have ready
Three questions about what you are bringing
What normally happens next
You are shown the closest path and can switch to it, or carry on as a general inquiry.
The model
Why TGIF
What are you mainly bringing?*
Three quick questions and this page will suggest the closest path. You can always override the suggestion.
Which describes you best?*
How far along is it?*
Step 2 of 9
Which initiative is this closest to?
Tick everything that applies. If you are not sure, say so — placing an inquiry correctly is part of what this process is for.
Which initiative is relevant?*
00 · The record
Initiative Health
Interoperable records, decision support, and diagnostics that work in low-resource settings. The constraint is rarely the model. It is whether the data can move between the clinic, the lab, and the ministry at all.
Advisory council
Clinicians, health informaticists, ministry of health data leads.
Partners
Hospital networks, diagnostic labs, health information exchanges.
Funding sources
Global health funders, ministry budgets, technology partners in kind.
Measured outcomes
Facilities interoperable · time to diagnosis · records exchanged · clinician hours returned.
Full record
How initiatives work
01 · The record
Initiative Climate
Distributed energy and adaptation infrastructure, prioritised by where failure would take the most other systems down with it.
Advisory council
Energy engineers, climate scientists, resilience planners.
Partners
Utilities, renewable developers, regional planning authorities.
Funding sources
Climate finance, green bonds, energy access funds.
Measured outcomes
Clean capacity installed · outage hours avoided · emissions displaced · people served.
Full record
How initiatives work
02 · The record
Initiative Zero
Connectivity, devices, and digital skills for the communities that every other initiative depends on reaching. Zero underwrites the rest: a population that cannot get online cannot be served by any of the systems the other six are building.
Advisory council
Telecom regulators, community network operators, digital literacy educators.
Partners
Infrastructure providers, municipal governments, local training organisations.
Funding sources
Universal service funds, corporate infrastructure partners, development finance.
Measured outcomes
Households connected · devices placed · digital skills certified · cost per connected household.
Full record
How initiatives work
03 · The record
Initiative Talent
Training people to run the systems the other initiatives install. A deployment that leaves when the funding leaves was never an initiative. It was a pilot.
Advisory council
Universities, employers, vocational institutes, alumni networks.
Partners
Technology firms, public sector employers, professional bodies.
Funding sources
Employer sponsorship, education funders, workforce development grants.
Measured outcomes
Learners certified · placement rate · retention at 12 months · local operators trained.
Full record
How initiatives work
04 · The record
Initiative Food
Yield, storage, and market access for smallholder farmers, with the data infrastructure to make each of those legible to lenders and buyers.
Advisory council
Agronomists, cooperative leaders, agricultural economists.
Partners
Farmer cooperatives, agri-processors, logistics operators, lenders.
Funding sources
Agricultural development funds, blended finance, buyer offtake commitments.
Measured outcomes
Yield per hectare · post-harvest loss · farmers reached · income per household.
Full record
How initiatives work
05 · The record
Initiative Cities
Urban systems that hold up under stress: transit, water, waste, and public safety data working as one estate rather than seven procurement contracts.
Advisory council
City managers, urban planners, civic technologists.
Partners
Municipal governments, transit authorities, utility operators.
Funding sources
Municipal budgets, urban development banks, civic technology grants.
Measured outcomes
Services digitised · response times · service coverage · resident satisfaction.
Full record
How initiatives work
06 · The record
Initiative Africa
The initiative that connects the other six to capital, expertise, and networks held by the diaspora, and routes them back into regional development that the diaspora itself has a stake in.
Advisory council
Diaspora business leaders, regional development bodies, returnee entrepreneurs.
Partners
Chambers of commerce, regional institutions, investment platforms.
Funding sources
Diaspora investment vehicles, regional development finance, philanthropy.
Measured outcomes
Capital mobilised · ventures supported · expertise placements · jobs created.
Full record
How initiatives work
What sits outside the current seven?*
A sentence or two on the outcome you have in mind and why none of the seven covers it.
Step 4 of 9
What are you trying to move?
This is the part that decides whether an initiative can hold your work. Write it the way you would explain it to a colleague, not the way you would write a proposal.
What would you like to ask?*
As much context as you can give. A question with context can be answered once; a question without it becomes four emails.
What outcome are you trying to move?*
State the result, not the activity. "Records reach the clinic that is treating the patient" is an outcome; "a data project" is an activity.
What problem or challenge exists today?*
What is actually in the way right now.
Who is affected?*
The people or institutions carrying the problem today.
Where is the work expected to happen?*
Country, region, city, or "not yet decided".
What has already been attempted?Optional
Optional. Previous attempts, and why they stopped, are usually the most informative thing in an inquiry.
What stage is this at?*
Choose one…
An idea — nothing written down yet
A written concept or proposal exists
A pilot is running
A programme is running and needs to scale
A procurement or tender process is underway
Not yet determined
What would a successful result look like?*
Ideally something that could be measured. What would be true afterwards that is not true now?
What kind of support do you think TGIF could provide?Optional
Tick anything that applies. This is your reading of it — it does not commit either side.
Step 5 of 9
Questions specific to your path
These are the details that decide whether a first conversation can be useful, and who from TGIF should be in it.
What evidence or research supports the need?*
Studies, internal data, field experience, or an honest "mostly observation so far".
Who is the intended population?*
Geographic scope*
Choose one…
A community or district
A city
National
Regional — several countries
Global
Not yet determined
Does a concept, pilot or programme already exist?*
Which partners are already involved?Optional
Optional. Names are useful but "two hospitals and a regulator" is useful too.
What expertise would this need that you do not have?*
What would you want TGIF to do?*
Design it, convene the council, help fund it, hold it end to end, or something else.
Do you have documentation you can share?*
What can your organisation actually do?*
Capabilities, not credentials. What work could you take on inside an initiative?
What would you contribute?*
Delivery, reach, staff, facilities, technology, data, funding, or convening power.
What comparable work have you delivered?Optional
Optional, and no case study needed — a sentence is fine.
What resources could you commit?*
People, time, facilities, equipment or budget.
What role would you expect?*
Choose one…
Delivery partner
Technical partner
Funding partner
Convening or network partner
Advisory only
Not yet determined
Can you authorise a partnership on your side?*
What commitment could you realistically make?*
Choose one…
A defined pilot
Around a year
Multi-year
Open-ended, subject to review
Not yet determined
What would you want out of the partnership?*
What kind of funding?*
Choose one…
Grant
Programme or restricted funding
Sponsorship
In-kind contribution
Investment or blended finance
Not yet determined
Are there restrictions on how it can be used?*
Thematic, geographic, or anything your board requires.
Is there a geography you have to fund within?*
What reporting would you require?*
Frequency, format, and anything your own funders require of you.
What due diligence would you need to run?*
So we can tell you now what we can and cannot supply.
What is your decision timeline?*
Choose one…
Weeks
This quarter
Within six months
Within a year
Tied to a funding cycle
Not yet determined
Has this funding already been approved internally?*
What would you like as a next step?*
Choose one…
Send the initiative record and any supporting material
A call with the initiative lead
A written proposal against our criteria
Start due diligence
Not sure yet
What is your area of expertise?*
How long have you worked in it?*
Choose one…
Up to 5 years
5 – 10 years
10 – 20 years
More than 20 years
Have you served on a board or advisory body before?*
Which regions or systems do you know well?*
What networks could you open?Optional
Optional. Councils are partly a convening function.
What would you expect to contribute?*
Realistically, how much time could you give?*
Choose one…
Occasional — a few hours a quarter
Around a day a month
More than a day a month
Not yet determined
Any conflicts of interest we should know about?*
Current roles, holdings or relationships that touch this initiative. "None that I am aware of" is a valid answer.
A professional profile or CV linkOptional
Optional — or attach a CV in the documents step.
Who are the intended users or communities?*
What infrastructure is already in place?*
Connectivity, power, devices, facilities — including where it is unreliable.
What systems are already running?*
The ones this would have to live alongside.
What would it have to integrate with?*
What regulatory or procurement requirements apply?*
What data protection and security requirements apply?*
Residency, classification, audit, and anything your regulator imposes.
Who internally has to be involved?*
Roles are enough.
What approvals would be required?*
Principal contact or investigator*
If it is not you.
What is the research question?*
What data would the work need?*
Be specific about anything involving personal or clinical data.
Is ethics or institutional approval in place?*
Is the research funded?*
What are the publication expectations?*
What collaboration model do you propose?*
Data sharing, co-design, evaluation, secondment, joint supervision.
What is the technology?*
What it does, in plain terms.
What stage is it at?*
Choose one…
Concept
Prototype
In pilot
In production
Mature, deployed at scale
How does it integrate?*
APIs, standards, exchange formats. Healthcare interoperability standards are directly relevant to Initiative Health.
What is its security and compliance posture?*
Certifications, audits, data handling — and honestly, gaps.
What does it need to run?*
Hosting, connectivity, power, client devices. Whether it degrades gracefully matters more than peak performance.
What is the support model?*
Where is it deployed today?Optional
Optional. Sectors and scale are enough if names are confidential.
What would you contribute?*
Licences, engineering time, infrastructure, integration work.
What would you want from TGIF?*
What network or community do you represent?*
What could you bring?*
Roughly how large is the network?Optional
Optional, and an estimate is fine.
What would you want out of it?*
Initiative Africa exists to route capital, expertise and networks back into regional development that the diaspora itself has a stake in.
What kind of request is this?*
Choose one…
Interview
Comment or quote
Contributed article
Panel
Keynote or speaking slot
Podcast or broadcast
Background briefing
Who are you asking for?*
Choose one…
Jules Pericles Tamegue — Chair & Chief Executive Officer
Chrystelle Tamegue — Chief Operating Officer
Either — whoever is best placed
Someone from a specific initiative
Event or publication date*
Or the window you are working to.
What is the format?*
Length, live or recorded, moderated, on or off the record.
How much time would it take?*
Including any preparation you would need.
Step 6 of 9
Timing and resources
"Not yet determined" is a real answer here and is treated as one. It is far more useful than a number invented to fill a box.
When would you want this to start?*
Choose one…
Immediately
Within three months
Three to six months
Six to twelve months
More than a year out
Not yet determined
How would you describe the urgency?*
Approximate budget or funding range*
A range is enough. Nobody is held to it.
Choose one…
Under 50,000 USD
50,000 – 250,000 USD
250,000 – 1,000,000 USD
1,000,000 – 5,000,000 USD
Over 5,000,000 USD
In kind rather than cash
Not yet determined
Not relevant to this inquiry
Is the funding secured?*
Is there a team on your side?*
Who else is already involved?Optional
Optional. Existing partners, funders or suppliers already attached to this work.
Is there a date a decision has to be made by?Optional
Optional. A board meeting, a budget deadline, a funding round.
Would this have to go through a formal procurement process?*
What do you already have written down?Optional
Optional. You can attach any of these in a later step.
Who is the primary decision-maker?Optional
Optional. A role is fine — "the permanent secretary", "our programme director".
