This scoping paper makes an important contribution to our understanding of how gender intersects with financial inclusion. It is one of a series commissioned by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Mastercard Lab for Financial Inclusion, and explores available evidence on the uptake of fintech in Africa and how it is changing the financial landscape.

Making the case for using the nudge to improve savings in the Behavioral Economics Guide 2018, Genesis staffers Brendan Meehan and Samantha Rosenberg joined Charlotte Duke in showing that behavioural insights can help people save more towards retirement, educate their children, and ultimately reach their personal financial goals.

Digital technology is transforming economies and the world of work in profound ways. Traditional jobs are being transformed while new forms of work are being created. Genesis Analytics convened at TechSalon in Joburg in June 2018 to discuss the future of work for South African youth.

Applications for our annual recruitment drive are open. We are looking for newly qualified talent to join either one of the following streams: Policy and Development, Banking Strategy and Behavioural Economics, Microeconomics.

Genesis Analytics was one of the first economics-based consultancy firms to be established in Africa and has grown into the largest. Read more about our work across eight practices and in 32 African countries.

Genesis was retained in 2011 by Media24, a large newspaper and magazine publisher, to defend predatory pricing allegations made against the group by the Competition Commission in what has proven to be South Africa’s seminal predation case. The judgment was delivered by the Competition Appeal Court in March 2018.

This paper forms part of a set of three climate-smart agriculture thematic papers that provide an action research analysis of the approaches that were used in implementing Vuna pilot innovation models in East and Southern Africa (ESA), a DFID-funded regional climate-smart agricultural programme.

This paper forms part of a set of three thematic papers that draw from action research conducted on the approaches used in implementing climate-smart agriculture innovation models in East and Southern Africa by Vuna, a DFID funded regional CSA programme.

This paper forms part of a set of three thematic papers that draw from action research conducted on the approaches used in implementing climate-smart agriculture innovation models in East and Southern Africa by Vuna, a DFID funded regional CSA programme.

This study sought out the insights from five reports on innovation models designed to improve smallholder farmers’ resilience to climate change. Vuna, a DFID-funded programme, adopted an action research approach to generate reliable evidence on the impact of innovations on increasing the resilience of individuals, households, and markets. All five reports are on our reports pages.

This paper is one of five climate-smart agriculture (CSA) innovation model papers based on the adoption and integration of various climate-smart agricultural approaches to smallholder farming in East and Southern Africa. Funded by DFID, the cases draw on pilot initiatives within the Agricultural Development portfolio of the Vuna programme.

This paper is one of five climate-smart agriculture (CSA) innovation model papers based on the adoption and integration of various climate-smart agricultural approaches to smallholder farming in East and Southern Africa. Funded by DFID, the cases draw on pilot initiatives within the Agricultural Development portfolio of the Vuna programme.