Genesis Analytics was commissioned to conduct a risk assessment of the alternative distribution channel (ADC) strategy of four different financial institutions in Kenya, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Tanzania. In each instance, the project team developed a risk assessment framework and identified the kind of project risks that the institutions had experienced.  

A top-tier South African bank, under increasing cost pressure, needed to relook at the costs of its shared services and allocation methodology. The Genesis team developed a revised cost recovery model that the bank will be implementing in the new financial year.

Genesis was commissioned by Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategy (TIPS) to assess the impact on the electricity tariff path if Eskom were to undertake a restructuring of its assets.

Genesis was appointed jointly by Sun International and Peermont Global to provide an expert economic report as part of a submission to the Competition Commission, which had received notice of a large merger between these two major casino groups. The commission had recommended the prohibition of the merger, anticipating a significant lessening of competition in the central Gauteng market should it go through. 

Genesis was appointed to support a large private foundation in developing the capacity of African partners to serve its charitable objectives of providing education and alleviating poverty. 

Genesis was appointed by FSD Africa to conduct research on the remaining opportunities for development finance in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A consortium of Genesis and the International Capital Corporation (Mozambique) was awarded the contract to design an access-to-finance programme in Mozambique. This was to be based on the model of the Financial Sector Deepening Trusts that DFID has established in various African countries including Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

Genesis was commissioned to undertake a review of the Africa strategy for a large non-profit organisation focused on improving access to finance across the world. Its activities include direct investments in microfinance institutions and related technology providers as well as investments in capacity-building services for the industry and clients at the bottom of the pyramid.

Genesis was commissioned by the MasterCard Foundation to conduct an end-term evaluation of the Financial Services for Rural Communities and Smallholder Farmers in Africa programme that has been run for five years.