Google will land its high-capacity Equiano submarine cable system at Melkbosstrand, north of Cape Town, in June. According to an assessment report commissioned by Google and conducted by Africa Practice, in collaboration with Genesis Analytics, the subsea cable will lower latency and almost triple internet speeds in SA and Namibia by 2025 – a boost that is predicted to create 180 000 jobs in SA, 1.6 million jobs in Nigeria and 21 000 jobs in Namibia in the forecast period.

The coronavirus will not go away, but its severity can be diminished if we work together by getting the jab.

Genesis Analytics is proud to announce the launch of ABE: Lab - an innovative platform that aims to solve pressing business challenges using Behavioural Economics.

People are getting vaccinated in the millions in South Africa, and our international borders are slowly opening up, making it possible for more people to visit our country this festive season. But of course, things won’t look the same as they once did.

The issue of fake news and conspiracy theories about #covid19vaccines has been hanging around for nearly two years. Epidemiologist and head of the Health practice at Genesis Analytics, Dr Saul Johnson, sheds light on some of the most prominent myths doing the rounds at the moment.

Financial services in Africa such as banks and insurance firms are beginning to embrace cloud as they seek to modernize their solutions. Facing changing consumer expectations, emerging technologies, and alternative business models, banks need to start putting strategies in place now to help them prepare for this future.

In 2020, a ‘crisis year’ for tourism in South Africa, travel on Airbnb contributed more than R8 billion to the economy, supporting around 21,500 jobs according to a new report from independent consultancy Genesis Analytics, commissioned by Airbnb.

The imposition of a tax on the export of chrome ore would be high risk and the gain from such an intervention would likely be eroded fairly quickly by the high cost of electricity, which is the real problem.

Chrome SA’s Alistair McAdam and Paul Anderson of Genesis Analytics highlighted this summary when they spoke to Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview on Monday. Read here 

A new global online marketplace is available to service the global business services (GBS) sector, also known as business process outsourcing (BPO).

The recent civil unrest created unfortunate scenes of consumers queuing for basic foods. In such a crisis, our competition authorities are mindful that suppliers may be able to take advantage of vulnerable consumers by charging higher prices, despite the underlying costs not changing to the same extent.

South Africa-based Economics Consulting firm, Genesis Analytics has conducted a study in eight African countries i.e. Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius, and Kenya —revealing that social media platforms help accelerate economic growth and opportunity across Africa.

Lobby group Save SA Smelters has urged government to act with urgency in implementing the raw chrome ore export tax. A study undertook by Genesis Analytics for the group last year found that 22% to 32% of South Africa’s current supply to China may be vulnerable to displacement.