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. 

The UNAIDS Technical Support Mechanism is expanding the pool of consultants available to support Global Fund new funding requests in the 2023-2025 Funding Cycle.

If you are a consultant with some experience of working in HIV and HIV-related programmes, and you’re keen to expand your knowledge and skills to work on Global Fund funding requests, this free-of-charge opportunity may be for you. You will need to attend a five-day workshop online, participate in follow-on Q&A webinars, and be willing to take part in consultant teams supporting GF funding requests during 2023 and beyond. Download the EOI below.

The Centre of Digital Excellence (C0DE) team at Genesis co-creates value with our partners in Africa by harnessing opportunities in the digital economy. Our work is focused on three areas: digital work opportunities and their enablers, technology governance and ethics, and data-driven decision making. We collaborate with the other teams across Genesis to provide multi-disciplinary expertise on our projects. 

Managing partner of our Financial Services Strategy practice, Richard Ketley, was in Addis to present at the East African Financial Summit in May 2022. Richard argues that there are the strongest indications yet that the banking sector will soon be opened to foreign participation. Download the presentation of his thoughts on how this may play out.

Genesis Analytics hosted a webinar on best practices in mentoring for AGYW HIV prevention programming as part of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation project Improving the mentorship of AGYW in HIV prevention programmes. Click here to access the Q&A session.

Genesis was contracted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and will be working with The Population Council to synthesise and contextualise evidence to guide countries in managing and implementing comprehensive AGYW HIV prevention responses for AGYW.

More about the project: Looking for ways to improve AGYW programming in East and Southern Africa

Ryan Short, the partner in the Shared Value and Impact Practice at Genesis Analytics, sat down with Aloysius Ordu from The Brookings Institution to discuss the trends to look out for in Africa’s business world this year, including “net zero” commitments, the evolution of ESG and impact, the EU’s green taxonomy, COVID-19 vaccine mandates, and the economic and political consequences of the Russia-Ukraine War.

Catch the webinar here

Genesis Analytics in partnership with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority reviewed the South African financial landscape and describes the financial industries regulated by the authority. It details developments within the different industries, the associated risks and trends observed. In addition to analysing individual industries, the report looks at macroeconomic developments and drivers of change, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial sector.

Genesis recognises the need to give effect to the constitutional right to privacy, subject to justifiable limitations aimed at balancing the right to privacy against other rights and important interests. This policy sets out Genesis’s approach to data protection and access to information in respect of the organisation.

FinMark Trust (FMT), in consultation with in-country partners, commissioned Genesis to carry out a scoping exercise to understand the state and dynamics of informal cross-border trade between South Africa and three of its neighbours, eSwatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Our regulation expertise spans a wide variety of sectors and includes tariff design and determination, sector strategy and policy advisory assessing, and the impact and effectiveness of regulation.