This learning brief draws on the work of the Savings at the Frontier programme and summarises the lessons learnt from providing funding, technical assistance and market coordination to financial service providers to develop and scale value propositions that offer a “triple-win” business case to FSPs, informal savings mechanisms and their users.

We recruit globally for young talent that is passionate about unlocking value on the continent. Successful candidates are placed into a niche practice area that best suits their skill set, interests and personal capability. We recruit newly or recently qualified graduates from African and international universities to join as analysts.

Genesis’ SHS service line contributes to improving the performance of health systems and the delivery of high-quality services in Africa with a focus on sustainability. We operate within the context of the six building blocks of sustainable health systems: service delivery, health workforce, health financing, information systems, medical products and technologies, and leadership and governance.

South Africa has just come out of its fifth wave of COVID-19, and has officially recorded just over 4 million laboratory-confirmed cases, representing roughly 6.7% of the population. But how many people have actually had it?

How can local institutions be best supported to manage HIV prevention programmes? By learning with and from their peers. That is why the South-South Learning Network pioneers new ways to shift traditional power imbalances within global development. This year, the SSLN facilitates linkage and learning between 15 African countries heavily burdened by HIV to co-develop and share best practices to prevent HIV infections according to UNAIDS's 5 HIV prevention pillars.

Read below how input from peer-countries are more effective and sustainable than traditional top-down approaches.

The Africa Global Business Services (GBS) Buyers Choice Report uncovers the continent’s capabilities as a world-class offshore business services destination for international investors, buyers and operators. Valued at US$8,3 billion and projected to rise to US$11,7 billion by 2023, Africa’s GBS offshoring market alone is poised to become a new frontier for GBS delivery. The report dissects key elements of Africa’s GBS sector, as well as revealing pertinent buyer trends and requirements.

Genesis was awarded a contract to undertake a number of learning activities that will improve countries’ abilities to accurately cost their HIV programmes, using national data systems, and interpret existing cost data, thereby enabling more effective planning, budgeting and ongoing decision-making. This is the second report.

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Users who wish to comment on the inclusion or exclusion of tools in this guide can contact Genesis at Elise Smith.

The purpose of this annex is to provide the reader with an overview of all the research questions, study types, approach summaries, methodologies and tools for each stage of the planning cycle in tabular format.

Genesis has been doing some fascinating work in the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) space and the blog sets out our argument for why central banks in developing countries should explore CBDC. Partner Bavani Naidoo explores the benefits here.