Genesis was retained by an international private equity firm to conduct commercial due diligence of a South African data-marketing services business. The aim of the project was to determine whether the business would be a viable investment for a larger financial services entity.

An established private-equity investor asked Genesis to assess the strategies of two major South African credit services businesses – a credit bureau and a leading data-marketing services provider – as part of its buy-and-build investment into the industry. 

Genesis provided transaction advisory services to the Prime Minister’s office in the Government of Mauritius. We provided economic, financial and PPP procurement advisory services from the feasibility to procurement stages of the project.

Genesis provided overall leadership to the Transaction Advisory Team retained by the Government of Lesotho over a three-year period. 

A large Pan-African bank commissioned Genesis to conduct an analysis of the mobile-banking market in South Africa and to craft initiatives to drive rapid mobile adoption, allowing it to achieve aggressive targets set by the executive.

The Department of Trade and Industry’s Support Programme for Industry Innovation (SPII) was designed to promote and assist technology development in South African industry. Genesis was contracted to do an evaluation of SPII, to provide insight into the programme’s effectiveness and efficiency, assess its impact and determine how its impact could be strengthened.

Genesis was commissioned by a global point-of-sale manufacturer to investigate market opportunities in eight sub-Saharan countries.

Genesis was appointed by a large South African financial services and insurance provider to review the feasibility of an innovative, vertically integrated business model connecting an independent distribution network to a large investment product range and manufacturing capability.

Genesis was commissioned by a large provider of online retailing and services to examine the regulatory regime of Nigeria, with respect to the launch of an e-wallet for customer payments and the launch of a peer-to-peer lending service.