African policymakers need clear, Africa-grounded evidence on AI's economic and social impact, not assumptions imported from elsewhere. Genesis partnered with the International Development Research Centre to develop a research agenda to start building this vital evidence base.

A new study by Genesis, in partnership with FSD Africa, Shell Foundation, and Shortlist Futures, has found that Africa's green transition could generate up to 84.5 million jobs and livelihood opportunities by 2050.

Dr Sue Aitken leads the unit. As a  public health specialist who has built research centres from the ground up in rural South Africa, trained local teams, and advised clients across Southern and Eastern Africa, she knows one thing for certain: Good intentions don't build evidence. Discipline does.

At Genesis we champion country-led solutions, ensuring that local leadership drives the most sustainable impact, even when global shocks hit. In our health team, we see the power of this first hand. In 2025, global HIV funding was cut overnight. 

Short-term financing gaps remain. But the studies argue that domestic resource mobilisation, smarter spending, and innovative financing can bridge them. That is where Genesis comes in. 

Our Frontier Technologies and Human Development teams, working in partnership with INJINI, an African EdTech accelerator, have developed a framework to address this challenge. 

New guidelines for child-responsive bonds/sukuk (developed by Genesis in partnership with UNICEF Indonesia) offer the first practical framework for mobilising private finance specifically for children's rights. With a $1.7 trillion SDG financing gap that no single source can close, the case for dedicated instruments like these has never been stronger. 

Two billion people have no safety net at all. But a quieter crisis hides inside the numbers: millions are "covered" yet receive too little, too late. Dr Fidelis Hove explains what it takes to build systems that actually work for everyone.

I'm part of Genesis and we partner with central banks across Africa to build and improve the systems that let people and businesses send and receive money electronically. From Ethiopia to Rwanda, that means supporting teams on the ground, from figuring out what's already working, to helping shape a strategy, to managing the rollout of new financial infrastructure.

As the independent evaluator of South Africa's innovative outcomes-based financing programme in early childhood education, Genesis is generating robust evidence on what works - from access and quality to child development. By combining deep on-the-ground ECD expertise with technical rigour, Genesis supports the learning agenda to help link funding to real impact where it matters most: for children.