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Genesis to evaluate campaign against sugary drinks
Genesis Analytics has been awarded a six-month contract by Vital Strategies to support the evaluation of a communication campaign aimed at reducing the consumption of sugary drinks in South Africa .Obesity in South Africa has been increasing over the past 30 years, making it the country with the highest obesity rate in sub-Saharan Africa.

Genesis is M&E partner to Rockefeller Foundation’s Digital Jobs Africa initiative
Genesis Analytics has been awarded a two-year grant by The Rockefeller Foundation to serve as monitoring and evaluation (M&E) partner to their Digital Jobs Africa (DJA) initiative, which was set up in response to the challenge of widespread youth unemployment in Africa.

What Will It Take to Reach the Fast Track Prevention Targets: What, Who and How
More than 15 000 participants attended the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban from the 18 to 22 July 2016. Our health team organised a satellite entitled, What Will It Take to Reach the Fast Track Prevention Targets: What, Who and How, on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Genesis Analytics becomes first Africa-based affiliate of Shared Value Initiative
Genesis Analytics has been signed on as the only African-based affiliate of the Shared Value Initiative’s Consulting Affiliate Network, the world’s leading shared value practitioners’ network, the world's leading shared value practitioners' network.

Genesis Analytics buys Anansi Health Consulting
Genesis Analytics is opening a health practice after buying Anansi Health Consulting.The Health practice will start on 1 February 2016 as the eighth practice in Genesis, which is the largest economics based consultancy in Africa. Anansi Health Consulting is led by Dr Saul Johnson, a well known epidemiologist in the health development field.

Innovation fund expands support for local investors
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is actively stepping up its support to inventors to position South Africa as the continent’s leader in industrial innovation. With Nigeria and Kenya hot on South Africa’s heels, the dti recognised the urgency of driving new technologies and after 13 years decided to evaluate the impact of their Support Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII). Between 2000 and 2013 SPII provided R623-million of funding to 401 projects, which have directly created or retained approximately 3000 permanent jobs (ie at the cost of more than R200,000 per job)

Genesis to lead Kenyan plan to house 34,000 students
A consortium led by Genesis Analytics has been appointed to lead a project that plans to build hostels for 34,040 students in partnership with the private sector to alleviate the accommodation crisis at five Kenyan universities and colleges.
Rapid expansion of academic programmes in Kenya has put institutions of higher learning — currently admitting nearly 70,000 new students a year — under immense pressure to provide additional accommodation space.