Projects
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Raising incomes by 50% in Niger Delta
Genesis was employed to provide market systems development advisory services to DFID's programme in the Niger Delta, which is Nigeria’s second poorest region and where the concentration of oil industries has created wage and commodities inflation, raising the cost of living and intensifying poverty among the poor.

Expert evidence on SA National Payments System
The South African National Payments System is the backbone of the South African economy. Genesis was asked by the Association of System Operators (ASO) to address a number of key competition issues in terms of the reconsideration of conditions imposed by the Competition Commission in two mergers in the South African National Payment System.

GIPS assessment and implementation plan for private clients
Genesis was commissioned by a large African bank to perform a Global Investment Portfolio Standards (GIPS) assessment and implementation for the bank’s private clients. Phase 1 focused on providing guidance on GIPS requirements and performing a gap analysis. Phase 2 focused on the Implementation of solutions to become GIPS compliant.

An indicative/education tool on cost of banking regulation
Genesis developed an indicative cost of regulation model for the South African banking sector to demonstrate how the bank regulations created a regulatory cost across specific products for the Banking Association South Africa (BASA).

Validation of the assessment of SAFCOM
The Financial Services Board (FSB) appointed Genesis Analytics, working in conjunction with Bourse Consult, to validate its assessment of the Safex Clearing Company (Pty) Ltd (SAFCOM, now JSE Clear). This was conducted in terms of the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Markets Infrastructures (PFMIs).

Review of the Ugandan Microfinance Sector
Genesis was commissioned by DFID and the Ugandan financial services inclusion programme to conduct a review of the progress made within the microfinance industry in Uganda, consider the emerging trends in the sector as well as to provide a look into the future and recommend new strategies for increasing the level of financial inclusion.