South African chicken producers and importers of frozen bone-in chicken portions are gearing up for the upcoming review to reimpose anti-dumping duties against several key trade partners.

Within four years South Africa will be short of R7.2bn in overall funding needed to contain HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to a leading health economist.

That’s the projection by Steve Cohen, of Genesis Analytics, who heads the costing & financing task team at the South African National Aids Council (Sanac).

A study jointly undertaken by Genesis Analytics and Commissioned by the Gender Centre of Excellence in close collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revealed that 25 million adult Nigerian women are unbanked and over 16 million rural women rely exclusively on informal financial services.

Kenyan Digital Economy Principal Secretary Eng. Jon Tanui today signed an MoU between the Ministry of Information Communications and the Digital Economy and Genesis Analytics.

Three months ago, #ChatGPT made it clear that AI is revolutionizing the world. What does this revolution mean for agriculture in low and middle income countries?
Genesis Analytics, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID hosted an online webinar on the impact of AI and automation in agri-food systems. The webinar presented the findings of a study into the transformative impacts of #AI and #automation in #agriculture across low and middle income countries.

The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) Egypt, funded by the UK Government, has chosen nine innovative low-carbon climate projects from across Egypt to make up its first cohort to receive technical and financial support to help them attract the investment they need.

Genesis Analytics, in partnership with Acumen Consulting Egypt, has been working with PwC to develop a sustainable pipeline of bankable, low-carbon projects in Egypt and identify suitable financing for them.

The South-South Learning Network (SSLN) was launched in Brazzaville this month. The Republic of Congo joins the HIV/AIDS prevention network of 15 African countries who have teamed up to pool their knowledge.

Each year, the Best of UNICEF Research competition is run to showcase quality research with a high potential for impact to benefit children. Our Human Development team are very proud to have been selected as one of the 12 studies selected in 2022.

The study, an Investment Case for Early Childhood Development in Burundi, saw the Human Development team undertaking a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis into the long-term costs and benefits of scaling up services for young children.

The South African Government has proposed a six-month ban on the export of copper waste, and scrap and semi-finished metals to halt the damage caused to the economy and public infrastructure.

Genesis Analytics conducted research on government’s behalf to determine the cost of cable theft to the economy.

The Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA), a technical assistance programme funded by the UK government, will support promising low-carbon projects in Egypt and connect them with investors. Applications for the four-year programme will open next month, with each accelerator cycle for the selected project developers lasting six to nine months.

Google’s Equiano Subsea Cable, which seeks to connect Europe to Africa via the ocean, made its final stop on Monday, landing in Melkbosstrand, Western Cape, South Africa.

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has gazetted its draft policy proposals to regulate and restrict the trade of scrap metal in South Africa for public comment. Citing research from the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies and Genesis Analytics, DTIC said copper theft from the country’s rail network and electricity grids carries an annual economic cost exceeding R45 billion in 2020/2021.